The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 17, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 471
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MISSISSIPPI CENTRAL RAILROAD.
termaster's department on forts, railroads, &c.; also in picking and
removing cotton, on account of the Government. So far as possible,
subsist them and your army on the rebel inhabitants of Mississippi.
H. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, November 23, 1862.
Major-General GRANT, La Grange, Tenn.:
Report the approximate number of men in your command and the
number that can be sent down the river to Vicksburg, reserving merely
enough to hold Corinth and West Tennessee.
H. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief.
LA GRANGE, TENN., November 24, 1862-9 a. m.
Memphis has 18,252 men for duty. Being well fortified, 16,000 can
be spared. From other portions of department troops cannot be spared,
except to move south on their present lines. I have contemplated an
attack upon Pemberton, and given my orders accordingly. Sherman
will move on Wednesday and form junction with my forces south of
Holly Springs on Sunday next. Steele has been written to to threaten
Grenada, and Commodore Porter has sent some gunboats to operate
about the mouth of Yazoo. Must I countermand the orders for this
movement ? It is too late to reach Sherman or Steele before they will
have moved. Within the department I have 72,000 men.
U. S. GRANT,
Major- General, Commanding.
Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief.
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, November 25, 1862.
Major -General GRANT, La Grange, Tenn.:
Proposed movements approved. Do not go too far.
H. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief.
HOLLY SPRINGS, MIss., November 29, 1862.
Troops occupy line 6 miles south of this. Cavalry 4 miles from Tal-
lahatchie. Considerable skirmishing to-day. Loss slight.
U. S. GRANT,
Major-General.
General H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief.
WATERFORD, MISs., December 1, 1862-7.30 a. m.
Our cavalry are now crossing Tallahatchie. Infantry will follow im-
mediately. The rebels are evidently retreating. If so, I will follow to
Oxford. Our troops will be in Abbeville to-morrow, or a battle will be
fought. Sherman is up and will cross the Tallahatchie at Wyatt.
U. S. GRANT,
Major- General.
Maj. Gen. H. W. FIALLEK, General-in-Chief.171
ra.P. XXIX.]
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 17, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports., book, 1886; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154626/m1/482/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.