Monday, February 21, 2022

Major-General William T. Sherman to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 17, 1863—6 a.m.

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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