McClernand's Expedition Page 21

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, November 15, 1862.
Major General JOHN A. MCCLERNAND, Springfield, Ill.:
It is not important whether regiments go to Memphis or Helena.
Detachments will be made from both places for the same object.
General Curtis will send what he has to Helena. The Illinois
regiments at Alton, if not guarding prisoners, will be sent
down the Mississippi.
H. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief.