August 18, 1862 – Our Army Correspondence From Mississippi
Camp near Jacinto, Aug. 6, 1862.
Ed. Sentinel:—As we are about to pull up stakes and move to a different locality, I thought a few lines from the 22d would not be uninteresting.
Three regiments of our brigade, including the 22d, three sections of our battery, a squadron of cavalry, are now out. This is the third day since they left. They are now at Iuka, twenty miles south-east of this on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, whither we follow with our camp equipage, and, as I understand, will remain at that point for some time. Our brigade. the 1st, under Gen. Robert B. Mitchell, is to hold that point, while the 2d and 3d remain here. The headquarters of Gen. Davis, commanding the Division (4th) remains as before at Jacinto.