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1 A letter from General Allen, dated July 9th, 1866, says: ‘I had joined General Halleck a short time subsequent to the fall of Corinth, and was attached to his immediate command, when he received his appointment of general-in-chief, with orders to repair at once to Washington. Shortly after he came to my tent. . . . After a somewhat protracted conversation he turned to me and said: “Now what can I do for you?” I replied that I did not know that he could do any thing. “Yes,” he rejoined, “I can give you command of this army.” I replied: “I have not rank.” “That,” said he, “can easily be obtained.” I do not remember exactly what my reply was to this, but it was to the effect that I doubted the expediency of such a measure, identified as I was with the enormous business and expenditures of the quartermaster's department, from which it was almost impracticable to relieve me at that time. Other reasons were mentioned, and he did not press the subject. It is true that I was congratulated on the prospect of succeeding to the command, before I had mentioned the subject of this interview.’
2 The map of Operations in Kentucky and Tennessee illustrates this position.
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