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J. H. Hammond to Department, October 22, 1862
October 22, 1862. No. 285. } Memphis, October 22, 1862. Col. B. H. Grierson, Sixth Illinois Cavalry, will prepare a select battalion of about 400 strong and leave Memphis to-night…
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Letters from 1862
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Unknown to Edwin M. Stanton, October 22, 1862
October 22, 1862. THIRD DIv. OF THE DIST. OF WEST TENN., Corinth, Miss., October 22, 1862. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War, Washington : I have the honor to…
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Unknown to William S. Rosecrans, October 21, 1862
October 21, 1862. October 21, 1862. Maj. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Corinth, Miss. : Colonel Dickey, accredited by General Grant as chief of cavalry, represented the regiments to whom I…
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Unknown to William S. Rosecrans, October 21, 1862
Washington City, D. C., October 21, 1862. Major-General ROSECRANS. Corinth : Your requisitions of cavalry arms are filled and are on the way to you. The endrmous demand for arms…
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Unknown to Ulysses S. Grant, October 21, 1862
ROSECRANSâ HEADQUARTERS, October 21, 1862. October 21, 1862â10.30 p. m. General GRANT, Jackson: My sending away paroled prisoners to Benton Barracks was in conformity with previous custom, and in supposed…
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Unknown to John A. McClernand, October 21, 1862
CONFIDENTIAL. } WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, October 21, 1862. Ordered, That Major-General McClernand be, and he is, directed to proceed to the States of Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, to organize…
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Jas. B. McPherson to E. M. Stanton, _, October 19, 1862
Bolivar, Tenn., October 19, 1862. Colonel NOBLE, Ohief of Cavalry, Bolivar: CoLONEL: You will send out an expedition of 450 cavalry, under the command of one of your most thorough,…
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J. H. Hammond to H. W. HALLEOK, General-in-Ohief, October 24, 1862
Jackson, October 24, 1862. Respectfully forwarded to Headquarters of the Army for the information of the general-in-chief, embodying as it does a policy, which I approve but have given no…
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William T. Sherman to John A. Rawlins, October 18, 1862
Memphis, October 18, 1862. Maj. JoHN A. RAWLINS, , Assistant Adjutant-General, Jackson, Miss. : DEAB Sir: I am this moment in receipt of the generals letter of the 11th. From…
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Unknown to Ulysses S. Grant, October 17, 1862
Washington, October 17, 1862. Maj. Gen. U. S. GRANT, Jackson, Tenn. : What is the condition of affairs in your department? Am anxious to know, as Governor Johnson and General…