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337 Series I Volume XVII-II Serial 25 - Corinth Part II

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LA GRANGE, November 10, 1862.

General WEBSTER, Jackson, Tenn.:

Give orders to all the conductors on the road that no Jews are to be permitted to travel on the railroad southward from any point. They may go north and be encouraged in it; but they are such an intolerable nuisance that the department must be purged of them.

U. S. GRANT,

Major-General.

JACKSON, November 10, 1862.

Major-General GRANT:

The Eighty-first Illinois, from Humboldt, is under marching orders for La Grange. General Brayman wants another regiment, and says he has to do railroad duty south. I can send him one in a day or tow. The mills at Davis' Mill and the steam mill at Grand Junction ought to be seized for use, also McCowan's Mill, near Moscow. They can be made to grind cob-corn, at least, for horses instead of long forage, which will be scarce. The country between La Grange and Somerville has plenty of forage.

S. A. HURLBUT,

Major-General.

Abstract from Tri-monthly Return of the Department of the Tennessee, Major General U. S. Grant commanding, for November 10, 1862.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate Aggregate

present present.

for duty.

DISTRICT OF

MEMPHIS.

Major General

W. T. SHERMAN.

Staff 14 --- 14 14

Infantry 813 16,914 17,727 19,513

Cavalry 33 724 757 890

Artillery 28 1,046 1,074 1,156

Total District 888 18,684 19,572 21,573

of Memphis

DISTRICT OF

CORINTH.

Brigadier

General G. M.

DODGE.

Infantry 277 5,386 5,663 6,936

Cavalry 14 369 383 489

Artillery 11 422 433 517

Total District 302 6,177 6,479 7,942

of Corinth

DISTRICT OF

JACKSON.

Major General

S. A. HURLBUT.

Staff 16 --- 16 16

Infantry 202 3,834 4,036 5,111

Cavalry 57 1,170 1,227 1,506

Artillery 19 680 699 767

Total District 294 5,684 5,978 7,400

of Jackson.

Continuation: Pieces of artillery.

Command. Aggregate Heavy. Field. Aggregate

present present

and absent and ab-

sent last

monthly

return.

DISTRICT OF

MEMPHIS.

Major General

W. T. SHERMAN.

Staff 14 --- --- 14

Infantry 21,636 --- --- 10,224

Cavalry 925 --- --- 936

Artillery 1,232 --- 48 1,084

Total District 23,807 --- 48 12,258

of Memphis

DISTRICT OF

CORINTH.

Brigadier

General G. M.

DODGE.

Infantry 8,666 --- --- 8,572

Cavalry 591 --- --- 589

Artillery 553 --- --- 498

Total District 9,810 --- --- 9,659

of Corinth

DISTRICT OF

JACKSON.

Major General

S. A. HURLBUT.

Staff 19 --- --- 19

Infantry 5,891 --- --- 5,889

Cavalry 1,696 --- --- 1,639

Artillery 881 74 24 917

Total District 8,487 74 24 8,464

of Jackson.

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