HEADQUARTERS,
Army before Jackson, July 17, 1863—6 a.m.
General Johnston,
evacuated Jackson last night. I will occupy it with one division of Steele, and
hasten the enemy on his way east, but, in the mean time, the weather is too hot
for a vigorous pursuit. Railroad north and south is being absolutely
annihilated.
W. T. SHERMAN,
Major-General.
Maj. Gen. U.S. GRANT, Commanding Department of the Tennessee, Vicksburg, Miss.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A
Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies,
Series I, Volume 24, Part 2 (Serial No. 37), p. 528
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