After a full consultation with all my army commanders, I have settled down to the following conclusions, to which I would like to have the President's consent before I make the orders:
Third. General McPherson. * * * His [three] corps to be commanded by Major-Generals Logan, Blair, and Dodge. * * *
OFFICE UNITED STATES MILITARY TELEGRAPH,
War Department.
The following telegram received at Washington 3 p.m. April 10, 1864, from Culpeper Court-House, Va., 10 p.m., dated April 9, 1864:
"Major-General H.W. HALLECK,
"Chief of Staff:
"Will you please ascertain if General F.P. Blair is to be sent to General Sherman. If not, an army-corps commander will have to be named for the Fifteenth Corps.
"U.S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General."
WASHINGTON, April 20, 1864.
The PRESIDENT: