Monday, October 7, 2019

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General George B. McClellan, March 4, 1862

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,         
Saint Louis, March 4, 1862.
Major-General MCCLELLAN, Washington:

A rumor has just reached me that since the taking of Fort Donelson General Grant has resumed his former bad habits.* If so, it will account for his neglect of my often-repeated orders. I do not deem it advisable to arrest him at present, but have placed General Smith in command of the expedition up the Tennessee. I think Smith will restore order and discipline.

I hear unofficially, but from a reliable source, that our forces took possession of Columbus this morning, the enemy falling back to Island No. 10 and New Madrid. I am expecting official telegram hourly.

H. W. HALLECK,    
Major-General.
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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.682

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