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July 20, 1862 Federals initiate counter attack on guerrilla uprising on Obion and Hatchie Rivers HDQRS. CENTRAL DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Trenton, Tenn., July 20, 1862.
Capt. M. ROCHESTER, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Columbus, Ky.:
There appears to be a general uprising among the guerrillas along th... read more
July 21, 1862 Skirmishes around Nashville REPORTS.
No. 1.-Brig. Gen. William Nelson, U. S. Army, commanding at Murfreesborough.
No. 2.-Col. John F. Miller, Twenty-ninth Indiana, commanding at Nashville.
No. 3.-Brig. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest, C. S. Army, including operations July 18­
24. ... read more
July 23, 1862 Orders relative to use of Negroes in Federal army hospital in Jackson, Tennessee
Excerpt from SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 142. HDQRS. DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE, Corinth, July 23, 1862.
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V. The general hospital at Jackson will be allowed to retain such amount of black labor as th... read more
July 24, 1862 Cotton trade and Federal troops; Grand Junction evacuated, Bolivar occupied and fortified
OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTHWEST
THE EVACUATION OF GRAND JUNCTION
Correspondence of the Chicago Times.
Jackson, Tenn., Thursday, July 24, 1862
This morning at daylight, the small Federal f... read more
July 25, 1862 Confederate guerrilla raid on Brownsville No circumstantial reports filed.
Confederates at Brownsville.
Arrest of Cotton Buyers.
$15,000 in Gold Stolen.
Prisoners Taken South.
The Confederate cavalry, numbering about one hundred, suddenly appeared at Brownsville, county se... read more
July 4, 1862 GENERAL ORDERS, No. 83, Remarks on the Fourth of July GENERAL ORDERS, No. 83. HDQRS. ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, [Jackson, Tenn.], July 4, 1862.
Soldiers of the Army of the Mississippi:
To-day we celebrate the eighty-sixth anniversary of our national independence. Let the sublime re... read more
July 25, 1862
August 1, 1862
Expedition from Holly Springs Mississippi to Bolivar & Jackson [8 "engagementsNote 1]
JULY 25-AUGUST 1, 1862.-Expedition from Holly Springs, Miss., to Bolivar and Jackson, Tenn.
Report of Col. Joseph Wheeler, commanding Cavalry Brigade.
HDQRS. CAVALRY BRIGADE,... read more
July 27, 1862 "Fighting at Bolivar." Note 1 A gentleman who was in Jackson, Tenn., on Sunday [27th], informs us that a telegraphic dispatch received at that place from Bolivar, Tenn., Sunday morning, announcing that the town had been surrounded by a large Confederate force, and that a fight was i... read more
July 28, 1862 Skirmish near Humboldt JULY 28, 1862.-Skirmish near Humboldt, Tenn.
Reports of Brig. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, U. S. Army.
HDQRS., Trenton, Tenn., July 28, 1862.
The attack was made early this morning about 8 miles south of Humboldt on two companies of my cavalry. They attacked... read more
July 28, 1862 Federal correspondence relative to attack near Humboldt. JACKSON, [July] 28, 1862. (Received at Corinth July 28, 1862.)
Maj.-Gen. GRANT:
My forces have been all sent to Bolivar against my protest; some two small
regiments, not enough to do picket duty. My cavalry, including ord... read more


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