Monday, December 4, 2017

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General Stephen A. Hurlbut, September 15, 1863 – 5 p.m.

WASHINGTON CITY, September 15, [1863] — 5 p.m.     
(Received 4 p.m., 18th.)
Maj. Gen. STEPHEN A. HURLBUT,
Memphis:

All the troops that can possibly be spared in Western Tennessee and on the Mississippi River should be sent without delay to assist General Rosecrans on the Tennessee River. Urge Sherman to act with all possible promptness. If you have boats, send them down to bring up his troops. Information just received indicates that a part of Lee's army has been sent to re-enforce Bragg.

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 30, Part 1 (Serial No. 50), p. 161-2

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