SPRINGFIELD, ILL., December 16, 1862.
Major General H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief:
Having substantially accomplished the purpose of the order
sending me to the States of Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, by
forwarding upward of 40,000 troops, as more particularly
explained in my letter of the 1st instant to the Secretary of
War and refereed by him to you, I beg to be sent forward, in
accordance with the order of the Secretary of War of the 21st
of October giving me command of the Mississippi expedition.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN A. McCLERNAND,
Major-General.
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