Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, March 13, 1862

SAINT LOUIS, March 13, 1862.
Maj. Gen. U.S. GRANT, Fort Henry:

You cannot be relieved from your command. There is no good reason for it. I am certain that all which the authorities at Washington ask is that you enforce discipline and punish the disorderly. The power is in your hands; use it, and you will be sustained by all above you. Instead of relieving you, I wish you as soon as your new army is in the field to assume the immediate command and lead it on to new victories.

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 10, Part 2 (Serial No. 11), p. 32-3

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