Letter

Arthur C. Ducat to Headquarters Fourtth Division, November 6, 1862

Author

Arthur C. Ducat

Recipient

Headquarters Fourtth Division

Date

November 6, 1862

Type

Letter

Bowling Green, November 6, 1862.

General McCook, Edgefield Junction, via Mitchellsville and courier line :

We have nothing from Colonel Kennett as to where heis; did he go toward Scottsville, as ordered? He has not communicated with General Crittenden, and the general does not know whether he has cavalry on his front or not. One regiment was ordered to go on General Crittenden’s front. “When Colonel Kennett marched it never reported to him. Your dispositions and intentions, as per dispatch to-day, are satisfactory. Please state the hour of your dispatches. Kngineers report heavy firing in direction of Nashville.

By order of Major-General Rosecrans :

Lieutenant-Colonel and Acting Chief of Staff.

HEADQUARTERS FourtTH DIVISION,

November 6, 1862.

Sir: Edward Briscoe, a citizen of Kentucky, living near Louisville,

has just arrived here from Knoxville, which place he left on Friday last

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, Pt. 1. Location: Bowling Green. Summary: Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur C. Ducat requests clarification on Colonel Kennett's movements and cavalry presence while reporting heavy firing near Nashville during the 1862 Civil War operations.

Topics

1862 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 20, Part 1 View original source ↗