[Extract.]
Headquarters Fort Pillow,
Fort Pillow, Tennessee, April 3, 1864.
General: **********Everything seems to be very quiet within a radius of from thirty to forty miles around, and I do not think any apprehensions need be felt or fears entertained in reference to this place being attacked, or even threatened. I think it perfectly safe.
I have the honor to be, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
T. F. BOOTH,
Major 6th U.S. Heavy Artillery, colored, Com'dg Fort.
Major General Hurlbut.Headquarters 16th Army Corps,
Memphis, Tennessee, April 25, 1864.
A true extract from the last report received from Major L. F. Booth, 6th United States heavy artillery, commanding Fort Pillow.
T. H. HARRIS,
Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General.
Without application or requisition being made for the guns, General Hurlbut concluded to add two to the four already at the fort, and made the following order:
Special Orders,}Headquarters 16th Army Corps,
No. 88. }Memphis, Tennessee, April 7, 1864.**********
III. Captain J. C. Heely, commanding ordnance depot, Memphis, Tennessee, will turn over to Major L. F. Booth, 6th United States heavy artillery, two 10-pounder Parrott guns, complete, except caissons, with 150 rounds of ammunition per piece, and will ship same, to-day, to Major Booth, at Fort Pillow, Tennessee. The quartermaster's department will furnish necessary transportation.
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By order of Major General S. A. Hurlbut.
T. H. HARRIS,
Assistant Adjutant General.
A true copy.
T. H. HARRIS,
Assistant Adjutant General.