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Arthur C. Ducat to Omar. Xxxii} Correspondence, Etc.union. 15, November 6, 1862

Bowling Green, November 6, 1862.

Major-General McCook, Carter’s, 5 miles beyond Mitchellsville, with Sheridan’s Div., via Mitchelisville and courier line:

Communication received. Move on to Nashville. Use your wagon train to throw rations into the place as rapidly as possible. The paper you mention as inclosed was not inclosed. State the hour of all your communications and dispatches.

By order of Major-General Rosecrans:

: ARTHUR C. DUCAT,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Acting Ohief of Staff.
Omar. XXXII} CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—UNION. 15
HEADQUARTERS FIRST CoRPS, ARMY OF THE OHIO,
Edgefield Junction, November 6, 1862~-7.15 p. m.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ducat,
Ohief of Staff, Bowling Green, Ky.:
COLONEL: Sill’s and Sheridan’s divisions arrived here to-day. Woodruff at Tyree Springs. Eighty-ninth LlinoisI left at Tyree as a guard.

Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, Pt. 1. Location: Bowling Green. Summary: Lieutenant-Colonel Ducat orders Major-General McCook to advance toward Nashville, ensuring rapid supply delivery and precise communication timing during the Union Army's November 1862 operations.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 20, Part 1 View original source ↗