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Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Chapter 2: (search)
nt detailed instructions. See Appendix for Halleck's instructions in full. These arrived on the s field order of the 5th. Dispatches from Halleck, and corroborating information received on thwise stated. Grant at once telegraphed to Halleck: Fort Henry is ours. The gunboats silenced tn or dispatches, between the two commanders. Halleck made no reply, but notified Buell on the 7th,o take Fort Donelson, at Dover, to-morrow. Halleck congratulated Foote in these words: I have tharrison on the Cumberland, and Grant informed Halleck: If any reenforcements were on the way for thor the reenforcements, and on the 10th, while Halleck was writing about picks and shovels, he infotaff. McPherson was at this time really on Halleck's staff, but detailed as chief engineer for Gbruary, the day after this dispatch was sent, Halleck telegraphed to McClellan: I must have commandthese remarks about hesitation and delay with Halleck's dispatch to Grant, of two days before, limi[5 more...]
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Chapter 3: (search)
oes to Nashville is relieved from command by Halleck Smith placed in charge of expedition up the previous explanation or intimation to Grant, Halleck sent the following dispatch to the general-inlar to the best of my ability. On the 6th, Halleck telegraphed to Grant: General McClellan direcders, and sent them to St. Louis to report to Halleck, more than a week previous. On the 13th, Hedied. H. W. Halleck, Major-General. General Halleck, however, neglected to furnish General Gra single duty; and on the 31st of the month, Halleck informed him: General McClellan directed me t reenforcements that were daily expected: General Halleck telegraphs me. . . when they arrive, I maeral Buell's command, was included in that of Halleck, and Buell himself, with five divisions, numb expeditious. As early as the 16th of March, Halleck had informed Grant: General Buell is marchingonsequently had no suspicion of the fact. Halleck's instructions to Grant had continued very po[17 more...]
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Chapter 5: (search)
ciples of military science, and fostering jeal ousies among different portions of the army and with the naval officers. On the 20th of January, Grant wrote to Halleck: I regard it as my duty to state that I found there was not sufficient confidence felt in General McClernand as a commander, either by the army or navy, to insureh, Grant paid his first visit to the transport fleet, then lying off Napoleon, at the mouth of the Arkansas, with all the troops on board; from there, he wrote to Halleck, what the experience of many months eventually confirmed: Our troops must get below the city to be used effectually. On the 18th, he wrote: Should Banks pass Pored inducements to the enemy to attack from the Tennessee side; and the expedition was ordered to Young's point, opposite the mouth of the Yazoo. Grant wrote to Halleck, that he should require a large force in the final struggle, but could dispense with any further reenforcements for the present. He suggested, however, that it w
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Chapter 6: (search)
20th of January, Grant had instructed McClernand to begin the enlargement of the canal. He had himself been ordered by Halleck to direct his attention particularly to this undertaking, as the President attaches much importance to this. It was a soyed on the work, besides negroes, who were comparatively of little use. On the 4th of February, however, he reported to Halleck that he had lost all faith in the practicability of the scheme. The canal, he said, is at right angles with the thread s secured, and by the use of dredging-machines, The following correspondence contains the only suggestion made by General Halleck to Grant during this portion of the Vicksburg campaign: February 18. Cannot dredge-boats be used with advantag On the 30th of January, the day after he assumed command of the Vicksburg expedition, At this time Grant wrote to Halleck: January 31. I am pushing every thing to gain a passage, avoiding Vicksburg. Grant gave orders for cutting a way f
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Chapter 13: (search)
ld he supplied. . . . . I will wait the developments of this day, and advise you further. To this, Grant sent the following reply: It is of the highest importance that the enemy should be held in full belief that an advance into the heart of the South is intended, until the fate of Sherman is fully known. The difficulties of supplies can be overcome by keeping your trains running between Chattanooga and your position. . . . Thomas, accordingly, remained in force near Dalton, as long as he could supply himself. On the 29th, Grant reported to Halleck: He is back now to Dalton, where he hopes to be able to haul supplies until the railroad can be completed to him. Schofield could not follow Longstreet further than Strawberry plains, because every step took him from his supplies, while Longstreet was falling back on his. On the 2d of March, Grant got word through rebel sources of Sherman's success, but not of his return; and, on the 3d of March, Grant was ordered to Washington.
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Chapter 14: (search)
nce instructions to Sherman private correspondence between Grant and Sherman dispatches from Halleck journey to Washington arrival Presentation of commission speeches of President and of Grantthan to Richmond; and Washington was in nearly as great danger as before the first Bull Run. Halleck, succeeding McClellan in the ostensible command of all the armies, if he really exercised supreer his command, as to use them to the best advantage to secure that end. On the 3d of March, Halleck sent the following dispatch to Grant: The Secretary of War directs that you will report in persr's office, the day before I left Nashville, I repeat, you occupy a position of more power than Halleck or the President. There are similar instances in European history, but none in ours. For the e President, in the cabinet chamber. There were present all the members of his cabinet, Major-General Halleck, general-in-chief, two members of General Grant's staff, Brigadier-General Rawlins an
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Appendix to chapter II. (search)
Appendix to chapter II. Major-General McClellan to Major-General Halleck Headquarters of the army, Washington, D. C., January 3, 1862. Major-General H. W. Halleck, commanding Department of Missouri: General: It is of the greatest impor purpose, and the time necessary to prepare. Very respectfully, G. B. McCLELLAN, Major-General commanding. Major-General Halleck to Brigadier-General Grant. headquarters, Department of the Missouri, St. Louis, January 6, 1862. Brigadier-Geneit will assist in carrying out the deception. H. W. Halleck, Major-General. Two letters of instructions from Major-General Halleck to Brigadier-General Grant, for movement against Fort Henry. headquarters, Department of the Missouri, St. LouLouis, Mo.: Enclosed I send you my orders for the attack upon Fort Henry. Owing to dispatches received from Major-General Halleck, and corroborating information here, to the effect that the enemy were rapidly reenforcing, I thought it imperati
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Appendix to chapter III. (search)
Appendix to chapter III. Telegram from General Halleck to General Grant. St. Louis, March 1, 1862. General U. S. Grant, Fort Henry: Transports will be sent to you as soon as possible to move your column up the Tennessee river. The mai ready for a move. Under the instructions which I have previously received, and a dispatch also of to-day from Major-General Halleck, it will not then do to advance beyond Pea Ridge, or some point which we can reach and return in a day. General HGeneral Halleck will probably be here himself to-morrow. Instructions have been sent to the different division commanders not included in your command, to be ready in the morning either to find if an enemy was in front, or to advance. U. S. Grant, Major-Get? Information has just reached me that the enemy have retreated. U. S. Grant, Major-General. General Grant to General Halleck, with Inclosures from General Sherman to General Grant. Savanna, April 5, 1862. Major-General H. W. Halleck, St. Lo