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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* See Thomas to Halleck, March 10, and Halleck’s reply,March 15, p. 683
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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