Near Vicksburg June 17th 1863.
Maj. Gen. Sherman
To build the detached works spoken of in your note of last
evening I see no way but to divide the work between the l5th and 17th Army
Corps All other troops are too far off A heavy detail can be got to do the work
by collecting Stragglers and working them constantly under guard, and without
reference to the Corps they may belong to. I will have the ground examined with
reference to locating these works, and will be glad to have the ground
all the information you can gather by having the ground further reconnoitered
Very resply
U. S. Grant
Maj Gen
SOURCE: John Y. Simon, Editor, The
Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Volume 8, p. 387
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