Letter
A. McD. McCook to James A. Garfield, August 22, 1863
HEADQUARTERS TWENTIETH ARMY CORPS,
In Camp, near Stevenson, August 22, 1863.
Brig. Gen. J. A. GARFIELD, Chief of Staff:
GENERAL: I have the honor to report General Johnson’s arrival at Bellefonte yesterday morning at 9 o’clock, with one brigade and the Thirty-ninth Indiana Volunteers. The remaining two brigades were expected to arrive there this morning. A detailed report of his march and position will be forwarded as soon as received. He states that he found the road over which his division moved in wretched condition, and that it required two days and nights to ascend the mountain.
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
A. McD. McCOOK,
Major-General, Commanding.
Hpe@rs. SECOND DIVISION, TWENTIETH CORPS,
Major-General, Commanding.
Hpe@rs. SECOND DIVISION, TWENTIETH CORPS,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, West Georgia, Pt. 1. Location: In Camp, near Stevenson. Summary: Major-General McCook reports to Chief of Staff Garfield the arrival and difficult mountain march of General Johnson's division, including one brigade and the Thirty-ninth Indiana Volunteers, near Stevenson.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 30, Part 1
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