CIRCULAR.] HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI,

July 26, 1862.

The term paroled prisoners used in Special Orders, Numbers 143, Headquarters District of West Tennessee, Corinth, Miss., July 24, 1862, refers to U. S. soldiers paroled by the rebels.

By order of General Rosecrans:

W. L. ELLIOTT,

Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE,
Memphis, Tenn., July 26, 1862.

Major General T. C. HINDMAN, C. S. Army.

GENERAL: Yours of July 21 has just reached me. General Grant is not here at present, but I at once promise to the families of Lieutenant-Colonel Johnson and others free and unobstructed passage beyond our lines toward Little Rock.

I prefer that Surgeon White should not remain, but all the families will be allowed to depart with their escort, their servants, and their household goods, and I will cause one of my aides to visit the families name with your letter to show them that you advise them to come to Little Rock.

Very respectfully,

W. T. SHERMAN,

Major-General.

[JULY 26, 1862. -For Major General O. M. Mitchel to the Secretary of War concerning the return of slaves to their masters after being promised protection from the U. S. forces and the resultant correspondence, see Series I, Vol. XVI, Part II, pp. 583-586.]

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. U. S. FORCES IN KENTUCKY, Numbers 16.
Louisville, July 26, 1862.

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IX. Major Mansfield will repair immediately with his battalion to Russellville, Ky., reporting to Colonel Bruce, commanding at Bowling Green. He will proceed to put down all rebel bands in Logan and adjoining counties, shooting down those found in arms as guerrillas, disarming all disloyal citizens and turning over their arms to those who are loyal.

By command of Brigadier-General Boyle:

JOHN BOYLE,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. CENTRAL DIV. OF THE MISS., Numbers 11.
Trenton, Tenn., July 26, 1862.

I. The general commanding has undoubted knowledge that the sympathizers with this rebellion within the limits of this command are aiding in a spies of warfare unknown to the laws and customs of war, the suppresion of which calls for more rigorous and decisive measures