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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.
HEADQUARTERS I)ISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE,
Memphis, Tenn., May 31, 1864.
Major-General CANBY,
Commanding Division Of est Mississippi.
GENERAL: Your dispatch of the 26th [27th I is received. No militia
have arrived within this (listrict, anld none heard of. The troops you
speak of as coming from Missouri are not there to come. General Kilby
Smith arrived yesterday with 1,900 men. lThey will draw clothing to-
day, and to-morrow I shall start in pursuit of Forrest. My force will
be entirely inadequate unless )art of Genieral A. J. Smith's or Mower's
arrive. I have late and reliable information from Forrest. On the 23d
he left Tupelo, with 4,500 umen and five days' rations, for Decatur, Ala.,
leaving about 3,000 militia and conscripts at Tupelo, and 3,000 cavalry
at Corinth, under Bell, Neely, and Newsom. My scout left Corinth on
the morning of the 29th, and this fitree was there then, with a number
of pieces of artillery. I shall iove to, morrow morning for Corinth, and
cleaning out that force shall move to Tupelo, and from there shall send
the cavalry down along the Mobile and Ohio Railroad to thoroughly
destroy it as far (lown as possible. I need 3,000 more men at least. I
shall strip myself here to make this move, and then my force will be
less than Forrest's by 3,000, if lie is concentrated, but I cannot delay.
His attention must be engaged at once.
I am, general, your obedient servant,
C. C. WASHBURN,
Major- General.
P. S.-Extensive re-enforcements have gone to Steele, and he is no
doubt all right.
[MAY 31, 1864.-For Washlburn to Sturgis, conveying instructions
relative to expedition into Mississippi, and Special Orders, No. 38, para-
graph XIX, headquarters district of West Tennessee, directing march
of the expedition, see Part I, pp. 217, 219.]
MEMPHIS, TENN., May 31, 1864.
Col. GEORGE E. WEARING, Jr.,
Commanding First Brigade, 17/hite's Station.:
You will hold your entire mounted force, with three days' rations,
150) rounds of ammunitioll per mal, and four ambulances, in readiness
to move at 6 o'clock to-morrow morning, June 1. Do inot take your
artillery unless it and( teams are in good condition. Further instruc-
tions will cme out on the train this evening. Telegraph me the amount
of your force.
B. It. GRIERSON,
Brigadier- General.
HDQRS. CAVALRY DIVISION, SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
Memphis, Tenn., May 31, 1864.
Col. GEORGE E. WARING,. Jr., White's Station, Tenn.:
Your command must move out for La Fayette to-morrow morning at
6 o'clock precisely. No excuse will be received. You must turn out
at least 1,600 mounted men.
B. H. GRIERSON,
Brigadier.General.59
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