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: 34
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KY., TENN., N. MISS., N. ALA., AND SW. VA. [cAP. xxII.
ated, and so of Mobile. Bragg, you probably know, is at Memphis. The
force there is small, say three regiments, and no fortifications.
D. C. BUELL,
Major-General.
NASHVILLE, TENN., March 13, 1862.
Major-General HALLECK:
The river is falling rapidly, and it is very important to begin to re-
move the obstructions placed in it. Diving boats are required. Eads
and Nelson, of Saint Louis, are the only persons that have them. One
of them should be at work without a day's delay. The Louisville road
will not be in condition to supply us for some time.
D. C. BUELL,
Major-General.
ORDERS, ( HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION,
No. 7. teamer Continental, March 13, 1862.
I. When the gunboats leave, followed by the Conunental, the division
will move in the order heretofore named (see Orders, No. 3, of March 10),
keeping well together, and leaving an interval of at least 300 yards be-
tween brigades. Should a boat fall out, the others will proceed, leav-
ing a space for her to return.
II. Every colonel of a regiment will be held responsible that his com-
mand is supplied with forty rounds of ammunition in the cartridge
boxes; that the able-bodied men are prepared to march with blankets
and two days' rations in their haversacks, without wagons or any trans-
portation, and that 20 men of each regiment carry axes slung on their
persons, and that axes be distributed to the leading companies. On all
marches, halts, or in action, officers and men must keep their places
at all times, and in the event of not receiving orders each regiment
must follow its leader.
III. In case a landing is made, it may be ordered by the rear, in
which case the brigade will march left in front, and regiments will dis-
embark and march by the left flank. Officers and men must be cau-
tioned to obey orders without question. The objects to be accomplished
are special and different from what they expect, but are a part of a
grand design, devised by the same mind that planned the victories of
Forts Henry and Donelson, and led to the evacuation of Columbus and
Nashville without a blow.
Commanders of brigades and colonels of regiments will alone bead-
vised of the plan and object of the expedition.
The commanding general enjoins silence at all times, that orders may
be heard. Nothing so soon produces disorder and defeat as the habit
of talking in the ranks, shouting, and noise. Orders cannot be heard;
defeat and ruin follow. Silence and celerity of movements are the best
means to secure success and victory.
If any officer or soldier leaves the ranks without the permission of
his captain, or if they engage in or permit acts of pillage and plunder,
they will surely be punished. The laws of Congress make pillage pun-
ishable by death, but the disgrace which attends the practice attaches
itself to the cause, and prevents that respect with which it should be
our aim to impress our enemies now, who must become our friends be-
fore peace can be hoped for.34
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