Re: 1862 Van Dorn Raid
I ended up not citing any of the Grant papers. Michael Ballard helped me with the papers but there was no sinficant material that was not in the OR or his memoirs. As far as the column splitting up and following two routes, I have found nothing to suggest this. There was too much of a Federal presence around Coffeeville and Van Dorn went to great lengths to ride around the left flank of Grant's army.