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Illinois (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
act of a confidential order, issued on October 21, 1862, by Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of war, from the war Department at Washington city. ordered, that Major-General McClernand be, and he is directed to proceed to the states of Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, to organize the troops remaining in those states and to be raised by volunteering or draft, and forward them with all dispatch to Memphis, Cairo, or such other points as may hereafter be designated by the General-in-chief, to the end nflicts with the order of the Secretary of War, made under the personal direction of the President, bearing date October 31, 1862, of which the following is an extract: Major-General McClernand is directed to proceed to the states of Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, to organize the troops remaining in those states. . . . and forward them. . . . . to Memphis; Cairo, or such other points as may hereafter be designated,. . . . . to the end that, when a sufficient force, not required by the operation
Arkansas (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
pedition for that purpose, which will be in condition to cooperate with any movement that may be made, after you have succeeded in clearing the Mississippi river. General McClernand to General Grant. headquarters, army of the Tennessee, post Arkansas, January 16, 1863. Major-General U. S. Grant, commanding Department of the Tennessee: General,—Your dispatch of the 16th inst. came to hand at six o'clock p. M. this day, and I hasten, at the same moment, to answer it. I take the responsibility of the expedition against Post Arkansas, and had anticipated your approval of the complete and signal success which crowned it, rather than your condemnation. In saying that I could not have effected the reduction of Vicksburg with the limited force under my command, after its repulse near that place under General Sherman, I only repeat what was contained in a previous dispatch to you. From the moment you fell back from Oxford, and the purpose of a front attack upon the enemy's works ne
Cairo, Ill. (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
at Major-General McClernand be, and he is directed to proceed to the states of Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, to organize the troops remaining in those states and to be raised by volunteering or draft, and forward them with all dispatch to Memphis, Cairo, or such other points as may hereafter be designated by the General-in-chief, to the end that, when a sufficient force, not required by the operations of General Grant's command, shall be raised, an expedition may be organized under General McCleOctober 31, 1862, of which the following is an extract: Major-General McClernand is directed to proceed to the states of Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, to organize the troops remaining in those states. . . . and forward them. . . . . to Memphis; Cairo, or such other points as may hereafter be designated,. . . . . to the end that, when a sufficient force, not required by the operations of General Grant's command [then in West Tennessee], shall be raised, an expedition may be organized, under Ge
Vicksburg (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
y, will not assume a proper responsibility to save it, is unworthy of public trust. Having successfully accomplished the object of this expedition, I will return to Milliken's Bend, according to my intention, communicated to you in a previous dispatch, unless otherwise ordered by you. Respectfully, your obedient servant, John A. McCLERNAND, Major-General commanding. General McClernand to General Grant. headquarters, army of the Mississippi, Department of the Tennessee, before Vicksburg, Miss., January 30, 1863. Major-General U. S. Grant, commanding Department of the Tennessee: Your order directing me to move the camp of the Fifty-fourth Indiana volunteers outside the limits of the camp hospital, and to furnish guards for said hospital, is received. The officer who brought you a complaint upon this subject, should not have troubled you, but should have come to me, or, having come to you, I think ought, regularly, to have been referred to me. I denounce his complaint
Port Hudson (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
burg with the limited force under my command, after its repulse near that place under General Sherman, I only repeat what was contained in a previous dispatch to you. From the moment you fell back from Oxford, and the purpose of a front attack upon the enemy's works near Vicksburg was thus deprived of cooperation , the Mississippi river expedition was doomed to eventuate in a failure. I had heard nothing of General Banks when I left Milliken's Bend on the 4th inst.; and if, as you say, Port Hudson has been made very strong, it will be some time before he 39 will be in a situation to receive the cooperation of the Mississippi river expedition, unless he should prove more successful than the latter. Had I remained idle and inactive at Milliken's Bend with the army under my command until now, I should have felt myself guilty of a great crime. Rather had I accepted the consequences of the imputed guilt of using it profitably and successfully upon my own responsibility. The offi
Mississippi (United States) (search for this): chapter 19
after you have succeeded in clearing the Mississippi river. General McClernand to General Grant.g was thus deprived of cooperation , the Mississippi river expedition was doomed to eventuate in a mmand of all the forces operating on the Mississippi river, I claim that all orders affecting the c any portion of the forces composing the Mississippi river expedition, or, in other words, whether extend your command as far west from the Mississippi river as your orders may reach. By General Orer; and thus, while having projected the Mississippi river expedition, and having been by a series s that I will take direct command of the Mississippi river expedition, which necessarily limits you3, to relieve me from the command of the Mississippi river expedition, and to circumscribe my commame to assign him to an army corps on the Mississippi river, and to give him the chief command unde at the earliest possible moment, if the Mississippi river continues to rise. These letters, it [3 more...]
Milliken's Bend (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
was thus deprived of cooperation , the Mississippi river expedition was doomed to eventuate in a failure. I had heard nothing of General Banks when I left Milliken's Bend on the 4th inst.; and if, as you say, Port Hudson has been made very strong, it will be some time before he 39 will be in a situation to receive the cooperation of the Mississippi river expedition, unless he should prove more successful than the latter. Had I remained idle and inactive at Milliken's Bend with the army under my command until now, I should have felt myself guilty of a great crime. Rather had I accepted the consequences of the imputed guilt of using it profitably and ot assume a proper responsibility to save it, is unworthy of public trust. Having successfully accomplished the object of this expedition, I will return to Milliken's Bend, according to my intention, communicated to you in a previous dispatch, unless otherwise ordered by you. Respectfully, your obedient servant, John A. McCL
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 19
Appendix to chapter V. Extract of a confidential order, issued on October 21, 1862, by Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of war, from the war Department at Washington city. ordered, that Major-General McClernand be, and he is directed to proceed to the states of Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, to organize the troops remaining in those states and to be raised by volunteering or draft, and forward them with all dispatch to Memphis, Cairo, or such other points as may hereafter be designated by the General-in-chief, to the end that, when a sufficient force, not required by the operations of General Grant's command, shall be raised, an expedition may be organized under General McClernand's command, against Vicksburg, and to clear the Mississippi river and open navigation to New Orleans. Indorsement: This order, though marked confidential, may be shown by General McClernand to governors, and even others, when, in his discretion, he believes so doing to be indispensable to the pr
Indiana (Indiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
. Extract of a confidential order, issued on October 21, 1862, by Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of war, from the war Department at Washington city. ordered, that Major-General McClernand be, and he is directed to proceed to the states of Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, to organize the troops remaining in those states and to be raised by volunteering or draft, and forward them with all dispatch to Memphis, Cairo, or such other points as may hereafter be designated by the General-in-chief, ton, it conflicts with the order of the Secretary of War, made under the personal direction of the President, bearing date October 31, 1862, of which the following is an extract: Major-General McClernand is directed to proceed to the states of Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, to organize the troops remaining in those states. . . . and forward them. . . . . to Memphis; Cairo, or such other points as may hereafter be designated,. . . . . to the end that, when a sufficient force, not required by the
Iowa (Iowa, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
fidential order, issued on October 21, 1862, by Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of war, from the war Department at Washington city. ordered, that Major-General McClernand be, and he is directed to proceed to the states of Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, to organize the troops remaining in those states and to be raised by volunteering or draft, and forward them with all dispatch to Memphis, Cairo, or such other points as may hereafter be designated by the General-in-chief, to the end that, when a the order of the Secretary of War, made under the personal direction of the President, bearing date October 31, 1862, of which the following is an extract: Major-General McClernand is directed to proceed to the states of Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, to organize the troops remaining in those states. . . . and forward them. . . . . to Memphis; Cairo, or such other points as may hereafter be designated,. . . . . to the end that, when a sufficient force, not required by the operations of General
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