HEADQUARTERS OF THE
ARMY,
February 7, 1862.
Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK,
Comdg. Department of the
Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.:
General McClellan congratulates you on the success of the
expedition, and desires that Fort Henry be held at all hazards. Will give
further instructions to-day about further movements.
A. V. COLBURN,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 7
(Serial No. 7), p. 590
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