, 1862-06-30

Correspondence N. 7. Tribune.l
CoRnTH4 June II. 1867.
The following important special order has |
Just been communicated from headquarters to
those concerned:
HEADQUARTERS DEPAnT8BET MIss1s5RpI, /
CoRIETH, June Is. 1863. {
SPECIAL FIELD ORDER No. 99.-1. The order d. |
eid1ng the army near Corinth into tight wing
GENRE, left wing and reservc, is hereby revoked.
Major Generals Grant, Buell. and Pops will resume
the command Of their separate army corps. except
taTher ta e oIers iii Il
part OF the army OF ths Tennessee: Gen; ~ Ihonaas
ion. on ita arrival At Corinth, and Bsigadier Gen
crai T. ". Sherman will report to A,jor General
Buell. for Snty yl the sy q t1s 0a
j. G. KE1ToN, A. e. q.
The order rc-establishes the distinctive Or
ganization of the three corps, united into =
grand army after the battle Of Shiloh and du-
ring the siege OF Corinth, VIZ: the army OF
vest Tennessee, under Gen. Grant; the army
OF the Mississippi, under Gen. Pope aud
Thomas, and the army Of the OHIO, under
Gen. Buell.. The first mentioned will consist
Of the divisions comprising the right and re-
apdca b5 b1s gens aaa f ssess{b saesfaH bs9e
Hurlbut, Todd, {formerly Gen: Mexican. ab-
sent On sick leayc} Thomas, Lewis Wallace
and McCle1nand; the second, OF Gen. Popa's
old command, streagtheRed By the % divisions ions
Cns
Gen. Curtis army; the third, of the four d.
visions Of Gems. Wood, McCook, Csittenden
| and Nelson.
| EIGen. Pope having been subsequently or
dercd to Washington his corps d a'7aee has
been given to Gen. Thomas-ED.l
| The movements Of the three corps for the
next future will DO as follows. The army Of
a1ong the Menphts and Charleston Railroad
extending from Corinth to Memphis. Its left
will rest at this point, and be composed Of
the the three divisions Of Generals Thomas,
Davies, and. Todd, to continue "corps OF
| garrison in accordance with the folio wing
order, promulgated simultaneously with the
| above:
HEADQUARTERS DEP'T. OF TEE MISSISSIPPI,
+ CoR1ETu June 18th, 1861,
srEo1A1 FIELD ORDER, No. 1o0.-The divisions
unaer mi tic command of Major Ge1; Thonas.
By command Of Major ge3; 2; Ragss1: ~ TaI en
The remainder Of Gen. Grants commend
will be employed partly in occupying .the
The line oi the Memphis and CharlesIon rail:
road, partly in .gal1isoning Memphis, ane
partly IN adFsnsng aionE ana noiag .af
railroads, in the direction Of the Kentucky
? line, from which Gen Quinby is now said t
be moving south with the division lately or
, ganized q Columbus, r.. Of troops stsgs ron
! latest adrices, had not only occupied Grant
Function, but advanced some distance be
6 yond, toward Memphis. That Of Gen: Levi
Wallace is reported to be distributed aloni
The Alfsi1sippi centyal between Gsand ltIS gane
his headquarters in Memphis. The army 9
J. the Mississippi will hold It's present position
. along Ceaf Creek, SIX miles south Of thi
Ee point, for some time
r. oF a. *1 Epud I'll
~ ceived orders to prepare Ei1 days rations, m
" get ready Tor long march on the day befor
pt yesterday, and commenced moving in the d
10 rection Of Alabama and East Tennessee. Th
s work assigned to the army Of the Ohio is th
a. occupation OF Memphis and Charleston raj
r road from the Alabama line to Chattanoogs
1t is supposed that the division OF Ger
!" Mitchell, ,{embracing Gen Turchins's Chfcag
N boys, after being relieved from guarding th
:, va1ions avenues into Middle Tennessee again
=. confederate forays BY this movement, will {
it, once commence operations aiming at tt
~ clearing Of East Tennessee Of rebel troops.
Whether 1t was practicable to advance Gs
ne Ha1leck's army at once into the interior
=. necessity 1t involved Of carrying supplies
Ae wagons for great distances through hostile +
TO- gions, I will not venture to cay. It sems CO
,a5 taip, however, that the advanced stage Of II
in Ecantiness Of water In the country throu.
which the Northern troops would have
moEe the consequent exhaustion and decim
Le4e uon under what appears to be the prese
ple | programme Of Gen Halleck, namely, not
no penetrate any further overland into the Sou
"s until he has opened new channels
nse supplies over some. Of the Vario
her railroad lines to the North NJ
nsA under his control, and until he has At his co
nd nand such means Of reopening and opcrati
ne. the roads to the Gulf as will enable him
- make them At once available a. his armies y
satg advances. There can BE- 40 doubt. that the
>eo- two requisites being obtained, THE differ.
- | columns will move SO exped;tlous1y along
foae railroad lines as to make up for sli loss Of ii
fed by the prospective inactivity Of weeks, s
that in the end the Northern Invaders '
water their horses in the Gulf In Alabama
the Mississippi % early As though thex had
ran mediatejy followed in the wake Of Bear
- gatd's flying host-
:ure As 1t Is, the summer campaign may be c
3nea eidered concluded as soon ss the column r
-, moving to the west, east, and north west 81
Ill have reached their respective destination
han unless the course Of the, the fortunes Of
4ha In the East should bring about vtrlat1ons f.
Aue the present plans Of the commander inch
'oW- When active operations will be resumed, Il
Hill Of course, impossible to foretell. It maj
safely presumed, however, that upon thei1
ss Of openipg, the army Of Gen. Buell. Will adsa
ople throngh Alabamas that Ct Gen. THOMAS a.
y VI Of Gen. Grant down the Mississippi C..u
otes, railroad and Mississippi River.
ioht There is runloT thAt Gen. HAl1eck
-, move ibis headquarters from this TOM
1oa't Memphis ina fen days. Some even clain
nem- know that he vii return to at Louis j..
king onssnnifo1m retnssrof al f1rlopgas hssk T
ion =. re1a1ed and quite a NUMBERED qroufaent
Gers are absent -ou leave for th1rtE
aeA- Among these are Generals. Paine. McK
leans Palmer, and schoepH.