, 1862-05-10
FROM THE AESnxE OF THE Ten
NENSEE.
It's Reorganization in Detail,

lFro1n Or own Rcporter-1
CANT Sil11ou, May s. 1862
Thrrc is 10 particular changt since ycstcr-
day when wrote you. The camps :rc being
gradually pushed forward toward the cnemy's
Hnes and now Our most advanced regiments
beln" portions Of Gen Pope's army corps arc
short distance this side Of Monterey. Be-
yord that 1 learn that the enemy are in po-
eiticn defended By artillery. Contrary to my
prcconccircd opinion, however, prisooerin-
fo-1nE me that there are no field works there,
Still. this may or may not be true.
Gen. HalIeck was to have gone out to Mon
ttrer yesterday, but I now learn he will not
go until to-moTrow Sunday. Gen. Grant
will accompany him so that both Generals may
be Hithin convenient distance Of each other
for the purpose Of consultation.
The army, hy an order issued to-day, is now
organized as follows:
Gen. Halleck is chief in commrnd, and Gen.
Grant second.
Gen Grant also retains the command Of the
District Of Tennessee, Including its army
corps.
Gen. Thomas takes the command Of the
right wing and Is transferred to the army of
the Tennessee.
The :Ar7ny corps under Gen. Thomas's conf
nland viii consist Of his own division, that Of
EriC. Gun. ". i. Sherman, the division Of
Brig. Gen. T. W S1rrnaau Port Royal. Gen
4. Huril'u:'s division, aud Brig. Gen, Da-
.is~'s division.
Gen. McCic7nand will command the army
:c:Ib con:;.llrg uf Lis own division, Geu.
Lew Hn4acr's division, aud one division from
t:r:s !'a'E' "'s;'s S''r>, 10 bc de5iSr1tcd ty
lin ten. b., together with The heary az
!i.tt..
BE':.. g, H. Schuyler Ha1n:ton's division is
arcee!E" dlyi-lon OF Gen. Pope's army, and
will :rlriaiu a;iauvr Lis direction till further
s'tdeln.
Gen. Grant commands the right and re-
scryc lur1ny q; the Tennessce-}
Gen. Buell. c"iisnapde the centre. {Arnly
OF the 0bio)
Gen. Pope commands the left (-Army OF
the Mi>sissiipi.)
Surgeon Moody, of the Confederate service
has just arrived here from Washington, with
orders that be he sent across the lines = lit
the first flag of truce. He is IN exchanged
prisoner l have just spoken with him H.
appears to be very gentlemanly and ineell
gent nlan.
lear, from, headquarters that Gen. Mitchell
LIS taken Bridgeport, Alabama
.4so learn that Gen. Curtis is coming
down the White and Arkansas rivers on RATS
This would aripg out into the Mississippi;
about ~ miles bt1eW Memphis Gould ht
there effect iuueiit,n with our gunboats con
ing up from New Orleans, 1t mug be said tia
tiIc river would be 70 all intcnts and purposes
in our possession. Should Gen. Curtis, how
ever, be attacked hy superior force Of th
enemy, lis ;usi:ion would certainly be pre-
curious one. 1t is said, however, that tier
arc Go rebels there in any very great numbers
Gen. Cu7ti>>s army is supposed to numbe
some twenty thousand men
Thc river CONTINUES tu fall very rapidly, an
The weather is tDe. Thrrr Is no prospect c
an action for tcw days. unless brou5nt Q
l,y the enemy, who, learn, are strengthcnlr
tLrir position dsily.
III much indebted to Capt. Lyman. L.
Quartt11naster, to7 many cou:tesles and q
tsut;ons, waicA I will tiad it impossible to r,
puv, He is geutaenan in every sr,se Of t.
word, and wl:hal most ;letise in the dx.ics
lis post Lcre, witch are arduous in the c.
treI,r Hr has charge Of the animal and 70
gre department 1t this landing.