The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 10, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc. Page: 3
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PART II.-V oL. X.
CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, AND RETURNS RELATING
TO OPERATIONS IN KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, NORTH
MISSISSIPPI, NORTH ALABAMA, AND SOUTHWEST VIR-
GINIA FROM MARCH 4 TO JUNE 10, 1862.
UNION CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
SAINT Louis, March 4, 1862.
Maj. Gen. U. S. GRANT, Fort Henry:
You will place Maj. Gen. C. F. Smith in command of expedition, and
remain yourself at Fort Henry. Why do you not obey my orders to
report strength and positions of your command ?
H. W. HALLECK,
Major-General.
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO,
No. 4. Nashville, Tenn., March 4, 1862.
* * * * * .* *
II. The postmasters of the several brigades are hereby detailed for
special duty in this city with Col. A. H. Markland, mail agent Post.
Office Department, for ten days.*
By command of General Buell:
JAMES B. FRY,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Chief of Staff.
[Addenda.]
P. O. DEPT., APPOINTMENT OFFICE, Feb. 20, 1862.
A. H. MARKLAND, Esq.,
Special Agent Post-Office Department,
Fort Donelson, near Dover, Tenn.:
DEAR SIR: Your letter of the 12th instant is received, and your
action in the premises approved of by the Department. I take the
occasion to express my gratification on your reappointment, and to add
my testimony to the efficiency, energy, and zeal manifested in the dis-
charge of the important duties devolved upon you.
In view of the advance of the army into Tennessee it is deemed im-
portant that the mail service shall keep pace, to a reasonable extent,
with its movements, in order to afford the facilities necessary to its
efficiency, as well as to the communications between it and the Head-
quarters at Washington and elsewhere. It is desirable, therefore, that
the necessary service for the present be re-established on the more
important routes; say between the county seats and convenient to the
* By Special Orders, No. 30, Headquarters District of West Tennessee, March 20,
1862, Orlando H. Ross was appointed "special mail agent to take charge of, forward,
and receive all mails on the Tennessee River,"
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 10, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc., book, 1884; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154614/m1/3/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.