...e between us or between General Halleck and myself, contemplated at the time my going further south than the Yallabusha [Yalobusha]. Pemberton's force in my front was the main part of the garrison of Vicksburg , as the force with me was the defence of the territory held by us in West Tennessee and Kentucky. I hoped to hold Pemberton in my front while Sherman should get in his rear and into Vicksburg. Th...