HEADQUARTERS ARMY,
February 7, 1862—7.15 p.m.
Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, Saint Louis, Mo.:
Dispatch received. I congratulate you upon the result of
your operations. They have caused the utmost satisfaction here. I would not
undertake a dash at Columbus now. Better devote everything towards turning it;
first collecting a sufficient force near Forts Henry and Donelson to make
success sure.
Either Buell or yourself should soon go to the scene of
operations. Why not have Buell take the line of Tennessee and operate on
Nashville, while your troops turn Columbus? Those two points gained, a combined
movement on Memphis will be next in order. The bridges at Tuscumbia and Decatur
should at all hazards be destroyed at once.
Please number telegraphic dispatches and give hour of
transmittal. Thank Grant, Foote, and their commands for me.
GEO. B. McCLELLAN,
Major-General,
Commanding.
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. 591
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