Major General Henry W. Halleck to Major General Ulysses S. Grant, November 11, 1862

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington, November 11, 1862.

Major-General GRANT,  La Grange, Tenn.:

You have command of all troops sent to your department, and have permission to fight the enemy where you please.

H. W. HALLECK,

General-in-Chief.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 17, Part 1 (Serial No. 24), p. 469