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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01258 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | General order no. 94, written by order of General Sherman but signed by J.H. Hammond as Adjutant General, requests that the post Quarter Master provide a storehouse, and also directs the men to be ready to march by 26 November |
| Date | 23 November 1862 |
| Author | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Written by order of General Sherman but signed by J. H. Hammond as Adjutant General. Assigns Brigadier General Jacob Gartner Lauman commander of 6th Brigade. Provides for the garrisoning of Fort Pickering by three regiments of regulars and one or two companies of sick and wounded. Requests that the post Quarter Master provide a storehouse, so that the men about to march may leave their excess baggage behind. Directs the men to be ready to march by 26 November. These maneuvers eventually culminated on Sherman's assault on Chickasaw Bluffs, an early part of the Vicksburg campaign. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union General Health and Medical Injury or Wound |
| People | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) Lauman, Jacob Gartner (1813-1867) |
| Place written | Memphis, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |