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Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872 to: Brigadier General Cullum, Cairo.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05601.082 Author/Creator: Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872 Place Written: St. Louis, Missouri Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1862/03/07 Pagination: 1 p + docket. Order a Copy

"Have you nothing from Pope's command? I have heard nothing for two days. I wish, if possible, to send his reserve up the Tennessee, but cannot do so till he occupies Fort Thompson."

Halleck, Henry Wager, 1815-1872
Cullum, George Washington, 1809-1892
Pope, John, 1822-1892

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