I learned through Confederate sources that Johnston had already sent two divisions in the direction of Mobile, presumably to operate against Sherman, and two more divisions to Longstreet in East Tennessee.
To guard against this danger, Sherman left what he supposed to be a sufficient force to operate against Forrest in West Tennessee.
Smith can reach his destined point, but this I can hardly expect; yet I want him to reach by the Yazoo a position near Grenada, thence to operate against Forrest, after which to march across to Decatur, Alabama.
As this expedition up Deer Creek was but one of many efforts to secure a footing from which to operate against Vicksburg, I add the report of Brigadier-General Giles A.
The army destined to operate against Kentucky, was to consist of six hundred Indians and Canadians, to be commanded by Col.
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