CORINTH, July 16,
1862.
Major-General SHERMAN, Moscow:
You will soon receive orders from General Grant to march
yours and Hurlbut's divisions to Memphis. The troops at Grand Junction will
fall back to Bolivar, and a new division will be organized and sent to Curtis.
Confidential. I am ordered to Washington, and leave
to-morrow, Thursday. I have done my best to avoid it. I have studied out and
can finish the campaign in the West. Don't understand and cannot manage affairs
in the East. Moreover, do not want to have anything to do with the quarrels of
Stanton and McClellan. The change does not please me, but I must obey orders.
Good-by, and may God bless you. I am more than satisfied with everything you
have done. You have always had my respect, but recently you have won my highest
admiration. I deeply regret to part from you.
H. W. HALLECK,
Major-general.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
17, Part 2 (Serial No. 25), p. 100
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