Trenton, Tenn., September 2, 1862. Capt. M. ROCHESTER, Assistant Adjutant-General, Columbus, Ky. : CAPTAIN: There is no doubt but there is a large force of rebel infantry and artillery south…
Trenton, Tenn., September 1, 1862. Maj. Gen. U. 8S. GRANT, Corinth, Miss. : The rebel force that crossed the Hatchie at Brownsville camped at Poplar Corners, on Forked Deer River,…
GENERAL GRANTâS HEADQUARTERS, September 1, 1862. September 1, 1862â5.30 p. m. General H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief : I am weak and threatened with present forces from Humboldt to Bolivar, and…
Washington, August 31, 1862. Major-General GRANT, Corinth, Miss. : Could you send any more troops into Tennessee or Kentucky, east of the Cumberland, without risking your own positions ; if…
GENERAL GRANT’S HEADQUARTERS, August 29, 1862. August 29, 1862—7 p. m. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLEOK, General-in-Ohief : Independent forces can be organized here, and from here east to Decatur.…
GENERAL ROSECRANSâ HEADQUARTERS, Iuka, August 29, 1862. With your approval I propose to cover the road to Decatur by the following dispositions:* Eight companies infantry, six cavalry, and a section…
Washington, August 29, 1862. General ROBERT ALLEN, Chief Quartermaster, Saint Louis, Mo. : Columbus is not in the new Department of the Ohio, and Cairo was not intended to be.…
ROSECRANSâ HEADQUARTERS, Iuka, August 28, 1862. I have a disciplined cavalry regiment only half filled. We are in the presence of the enemy superior in numbers, having a cloud of…
Washington, August 28, 1862. Major-General GRANT, Corinth, Miss.: General Buell asks for re-enforcements. You will give him all the assistance you Can spare. H. W. HALLECK, General-in- Chief. CAIRO, ILL.,…
GENERAL GRANT’S HEADQUARTERS, Corinth, Miss., August 25, 1862. GENERAL: Colonel Mason, with portion of the Seventy-first Ohio surrendered Clarksville to the guerrillas. Prisoners were paroled and sent down the river.…