Order
Benjamin F. Kelley to Wilkinson, May 10, 1864
CUMBERLAND
CUMBERLAND, May 10, 1864.
Colonel WILKINSON, New Creek: Orders have been given to push the troop trains on as rapidly as possible. The wire is still working east. B. F. KELLEY, Brigadier-General. New CREEK, May 10, 1864. One of the pickets on New Creek just came in and stated that a countryman had told him that the rebels were coming here, Imboden’s force, estimated at 1,500. N. WILKINSON, Colonel. CUMBERLAND, Mp., May 10, 1864. Yolonel WILKINSON, New Creek: Strengthen your pickets and put the rest of your force in the fort. The Ohio regiment ought to reach you before morning.
B. F. KELLEY,
Brigadier-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, Pt. 1. Location: CUMBERLAND. Summary: Brigadier-General B. F. Kelley orders Colonel Wilkinson to expedite troop movements, strengthen pickets, and prepare defenses at New Creek against an imminent 1,500-strong Imboden rebel force in May 1864.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 37, Part 1
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