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Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager) (1815-1872) to: General Sherman & General Cullum.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05601.076 Author/Creator: Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager) (1815-1872) Place Written: St. Louis Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1862/03/05 Pagination: 1 p. + docket Order a Copy

"If Pope has eighteen thousand men, they are sufficient. Send all others up the Tennessee to Savanna[h] [Tn] to report to Major Genl. C. F. Smith. I have been duly notified by the Secty of War of his promotion. Orders were issued some days ago for building telegraph line from Bird's Point to Pilot Knob [Mo]."

Halleck, Henry Wager, 1815-1872
Smith, Charles Ferguson, 1807-1862
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Cullum, George Washington, 1809-1892
Pope, John, 1822-1892

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