Brigadier-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, January 28, 1862

CAIRO, January 28, 1862.

Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK.

Saint Louis Mo.:

With permission, I will take Fort Henry, on the Tennessee, and establish and hold a large camp there.

U.S. GRANT,            

Brigadier 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. 121