Letter
Arthur OC. Ducat to William S. Rosecrans, November 8, 1862
Bowling Green, November 8, 1862.
Major-General CRITTENDEN, Gallatin : Fifty thousand rations have been sent to Fountain Head for the use of your army.
By command of Major-General Rosecrans:
Lieutenant-Colonel and Acting Chief of Staff.
MITCHELLSVILLE, November 8, 1862â5 p. m.
General ROSECRANS:
I have sent two brigades forward to guard the tunnel, with directions
to send one regiment on railroad to protect the party putting up telegraph wire. Also directed a sufficient guard to be sent to protect for
Omar. XXXI1.) CORRESPONDENCE, EI’C.âUNION. 29
aging parties on railroad. Captain Patten, of First Ohio Cavalry, just
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, Pt. 1. Location: Bowling Green. Summary: Arthur OC. Ducat informs General Rosecrans of the dispatch of 50,000 rations to Fountain Head and deployment of troops to guard railroad tunnels and telegraph parties 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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