to: Major General McPherson, Memphis.
February 13, 1863
Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872
Marked private at the top. The list of promotions sent to the Senate by the President was not recommended or approved of by Halleck. "It is a political list, not a military one. I have done everything in my power to break up the system of political...
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