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Serial 038 Page 0543 Chapter XXXVI. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. -UNION. ›
https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/038/0542

Vicksburg, MISS., July 22, 1863.

Major General J. B. McPHERSON,

Commanding SEVENTEENTH Army Corps:

GENERAL: No more details of white troops will be made for work on the fortifications in the vicinity of Vicksburg at present. Negro troops will be brought here for that purpose. During the present hot weather it is necessary to save our men as much as possible from fatigue duty in the sun.

By order of Major General U. S. Grant:

T. S. BOWERS,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
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