Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Edwin M. Stanton to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, October 20, 1863 - 3 p.m.

LOUISVILLE, KY., October 20, 1863 3 p.m.    
(Received 6.10 p.m.)
Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief:

Sunday night General Grant issued his orders taking command. Generals Burnside, Rosecrans, and Thomas reported last night. General Grant has gone forward with General Meigs, and will reach Chattanooga to-night or to-morrow. Thomas says if the supply wagons now on the road arrive safely they will be all right till November 1, at least. General Grant ordered him to hold Chattanooga at all hazards. He replied: “I will hold the town till we starve.” General Meigs has taken with him a large supply of tools, for blasting and opening the road across the mountains, and everything possible has been done for railroad transportation.

EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.

SOURCES: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 31, Part 1 (Serial No. 54), p. 666; George Congdon Gorham, Life and Public Services of Edwin M. Stanton, Volume 2, p. 134-5

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