HEADQUARTERS THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
June 24, 1863.
Colonel Bush, Second
Illinois Cavalry, reports, "Our pickets report that the rebels were at
work at Baldwin's Ferry last night." I shall ascertain whether it is true
or not. If they are preparing to cross, I will send notice.
E. O. C. ORD,
Major-General.
General GRANT.
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. 209