Letter
Arthur C. Ducat to Colonel Zahm, November 7, 1862
HEADQUARTERS FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
Bowling Green, November 7, 1862.
Colonel ZAHM, (Via Mitchelisville and courier lines 🙂 The general commanding has received your dispatch, and approves of yourcourse. General Crittenden was in Scottsville last night; moves on Gallatin this morning. Inform him of all you know, and keep up communications with him. If you have to communicate, will Colonel Kennett act on the principle that the cavalry are the eyes of the army? Take orders for co-operation from General Orittenden. Always keep up your communication with headquarters.
ARTHUR C. DUCAT,
Tieutenant-Oolonel and Acting Ohief of Staff.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, Pt. 1. Location: Bowling Green. Summary: Arthur C. Ducat instructs Colonel Zahm to coordinate with General Crittenden and maintain communication lines, emphasizing cavalry's reconnaissance role during troop movements in November 1862.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 20, Part 1
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