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CHAP LI.1 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-TJNION. 19
left with the understanding that they were not to have the co-operating
force I asked for, and so understanding will not reach Bolivar Sunday
night as I stated. On the contrary, they may be delayed two or three
days hunting out a force of 2,000 or 3,000 of Forrest's men who are
near Oakland, Mason's Station, and Covington, between the Hatchie
andl Wolf Rivers. Those streams are much swollen, and what men are
in there I hope to cal)ture. Forrest with most of his force is north of
the Hatchie, and it is very much swollen by heavy rains, so it will be
impossible for him to cross below Bolivar, anlld probably not below
Crump's Mill. It is very important that the space between Crump's
Mill or Bolivar on the Ilatchie should be held and Forrest's retreat
south cut off until Sturgis can whip out the force south of Hatchie and
come up. I hear from officers who have come down from Cairo that on
the 28th an expedition left there for the Tennessee River in light march-
ing order, and it was understood to be ordereat to operate against
Forrest.
I suppose these are the troops I asked for. If this be so I fear that
they will move out toward the Hatclhie, and failing to hear from Stur-
gis will return. This they should not do. They must wait for Sturgis,
and prevent Forrest from escaping. He 1has ordered all his troops to
join him on the 4th May at .Jackson. If there is danger of them re-
turning before communicating with Sturgis (you will perhaps know the
officer's orders who went in command), you will ilnmediately send a
dispatch-boat, with a copy of this letter, to the officer in command.
If my information is correct in regard to the present disposition of
Forrest's forces, I think we shall punish him badly if I can have this
co-operating force from the Tennessee. If this force has gone up the
Tennessee for the purpose I now suppose, why was I not informed ?
I am, general, your obedient servant,
C. C. WASHBURN,
Major-General.
GENERAL ORDERS, H IDQRS. SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
No. 43. Cairo, Ill., May 2, 1864.
The lieutenant-generall commanding the Armies of the United States
has this day relieved lle from the command of' the Sixteenth Army
Corps. In separating fromr a body of officers and men whom I have so
long commanded it would be improper and inconsistent with my feel-
ings if I did not give some testimonial of the services rendered and the
duties l)erformedl by this corps. One year ago the Sixteenth Army
Corps bore upon its rolls 79,000 men. From this ample fierce heavy
details were sent to Vicksburg and others to Arkansas, and their serv-
ices under other commanders and in other organizations have become
historic. With the remainder the line of the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad, the lines of the Tennessee, Ohio, and Mississippi IRivers, from
Paducah to Helena, were long and successfully held. The Left Wing
of this corps, under command of Brigadier-General Dodge, c('-operated
with Major-General Sherman in his advance in October to relieve Chat-
tanooga and Knoxville, and now hold the right flank of the active Army
of the Tennessee. Two divisions of this corps I)artic'ilated in the
march to Meridian, and, under the able direction of' Brig. Gen. A. J.
Smith, rolled back the tide of disastrous battle on tihe Red River. It is
with proper pride that I claim Smith and Mower and their conmands
as parts of this corps, nor do I forget to give credit to tihe detachment
from the Seventeelntlh Army Corps, which marh('hld ;and fought as
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