Summary:
Union General Henry Halleck writes General Grant on the overall strategic
situation in June, 1864. He mentions General Crook's intention to join General
David Hunter at Staunton, among other movements.
Lieut.-Gen. GRANT,
In the Field:
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
June 4, 1864
In the month of May we sent to the Army of the Potomac 6,683 cavalry horses, in addition to the cavalrymen remounted here. About 1,000 more cavalry horses are being shipped to White House. Not hearing from you in regard to the Ohio militia, I am preparing ten regiments for the field, and will send them as fast as transportation can be procured. The Fifth Maryland Regt. Volunteers has been ordered from Fort Delaware. Gen. Gillmore thinks that 5,000 more men can safely be withdrawn from Department of the South. Gen. Hatch, on the contrary, is asking for re-enforcements. Gen. Crook, at Lewisburg, May 31, expected to join Gen. Hunter at Staunton in about six days. Gen. Canby has sent forces to Memphis to protect Sherman's communications. I doubt if he will be able to do much on Mobile at present. Moreover, the movement would be too late to help Sherman. The latter is in possession of Allatoona Pass, and is moving against Marietta.
H. W. HALLECK,
Maj.-Gen. and Chief of Staff.
Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 36, Serial No. 69, Pages 569, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.
