Saturday, December 25, 2021

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

NEAR VICKSBURG, MISS., June 22, 1863.
Brig. Gen. E. S. DENNIS,
        Commanding District of Northeastern Louisiana:

There is some probability of an attack here by Joe Johnston within the next twenty-four or forty-eight hours. In such case an attack upon you is not at all impossible; you will, therefore, exercise unusual vigilance in your preparations to receive an attack. Keep your cavalry out as far as possible to report any movement of the enemy, and confer with Admiral Porter, that there may be unanimity in your action.

U.S. GRANT.

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. 399-400

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