Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, June 12, 1863—11:30 a.m.

WAR DEPARTMENT,        
Washington, June 12, 1863—11.30 a.m.
Major-General GRANT, Via Memphis, Tenn.:

I hope you fully appreciate the importance of time in the reduction of Vicksburg. The large re-enforcements sent to you have opened Missouri and Kentucky to rebel raids. The siege should be pushed night and day with all possible dispatch.

H. W. HALLECK,        
General-in- Chief.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 24, Part 1 (Serial No. 36), p. 42

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