McClernand's Expedition Page 38

OXFORD, MISS., December 18, 1862.
Brigadier General THOMAS A. DAVIES, columbus, Ky.:
Please send the following dispatch to General Sherman, at
Memphis:

WASHINGTON, December 18, 1862 - 10.30 a. m.
Major General U. S. GRANT:
The troops in your department, including those from Curtis'
command which join down-river expedition, will be divided into four army corps. It is the wish of the President that General McClernand's corps shall constitute a part of the river expedition, and that he shall have the immediate command, under your direction.
H. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief.

Inform General Sherman that his army corps will be composed of Steele's forces and General Morgan L. Smith's division, and General McClernand's of the divisions of Generals A. J. Smith and Morgan, and that General McClernand and he will descend the river.
U. S. GRANT,
Major-General.

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* See McClernand to Sherman, January 4, 1863, p. 534, and Part
I, p. 476.