GENERAL ORDERS, }     HDQRS. DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE,
           No. 87.             }             Jackson, Tenn., October 2, 1862.
    I. In pursuance of orders from the Surgeon-General of the Army, Washington, D. C., Surg. Horace R. Wirtz, U. S. Army, is hereby assigned to duty as chief medical director of the District of West Tennessee.

    By order of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant:
                                                JNO. A. RAWLINS,
                                        Assistant Adjutant-General.

Source:

United States. War Dept., United States. Record and Pension Office., United States. War Records Office., et al., "Corinth," The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Prepared, Under the Directions of the Secretary of War, by Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott, Third U. S. Artillery, And Published Pursuant to Act of Congress Approved June 16, 1880. Series I-Volume XVII-In Two Parts. Part II-Correspondence, Etc. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1887. p. 255.