Saturday, December 25, 2021

Brigadier-General Elias S. Dennis to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, June 22, 1863

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA,        
Young's Point, June 22, 1863.
Maj. Gen. U.S. GRANT, Comdg. Department of the Tennessee:

GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of dispatches from you of this date.

A cavalry reconnaissance that I ordered in the direction of Richmond returned night before last, and report that they proceeded as far as Richmond, and found no force there, or any indication of an enemy in that vicinity.

The enemy, in their retreat, burned the bridge over Tensas Bayou, and are undoubtedly beyond Delhi.

From what I can learn, the rebels are unquestionably building skiffs and flat-boats at Vicksburg. You may rest assured, general, if they intend an attack upon us, they will not catch us napping.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
ELIAS S. DENNIS.

SOURCES: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 24, Part 3 (Serial No. 38), p. 427; John Y. Simon, Editor, The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Volume 8, p. 400

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