L. Smith, J. W. Denver, and J. G. Lauman. About the 17th of November I received an order from General Grant, dated: LAGRANGE, November 16, 1862. Meet me at Columbus, Kentucky, on Thursday next. If you have a good map of the country south of you, take it up with you. U. S. GRANT, Major-General. I started forthwith by boat, and met General Grant, who had reached Columbus by the railroad from Jackson, Tennessee.

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