SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 140.
HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE
TENNESSEE,
Near Vicksburg,
Miss., May 25, 1863.
Corps commanders will immediately commence the work of
reducing the enemy by regular approaches. It is desirable that no more loss of
life shall be sustained in the reduction of Vicksburg and the capture of the
garrison. Every advantage will be taken of the natural inequalities of the
ground to gain positions from which to start mines, trenches, or advance
batteries. The work will be under the immediate charge of corps engineers,
corps commanders being responsible that the work in their immediate fronts is
pushed with all vigor. Capt. F. E. Prime, chief engineer of the department,
will have general superintendence of the whole work. He will be obeyed and
respected accordingly.
By order of Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant:
JNO. A. RAWLINS,
Assistant
Adjutant-General.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
24, Part 3 (Serial No. 38), p. 348
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