Letter
C. Goddard to W. H. Sinclair, August 17, 1863
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Winchester, August 17, 1863.
GENERAL:
The general commanding directs that you furnish a detail to relieve a detachment of the Tenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, now guarding the remainder of the contrabands at this place, lee brought by your command from Huntsville, Ala. It is desirable that this detachment of the Tenth Ohio be relieved this afternoon, as they are much needed at headquarters. He further directs that you make immediate provision for having these contrabands forwarded to Gallatin, Tenn., to be employed in hospitals, &c., under charge of the commanding officer at that post. ;
very respectfully, your obedient servant, –
C. GODDARD,
Lieutenant-Colonel und Assistant Adjutant-Generat.
LARKINSVILLE, August 17, 1863—4 p. m.
Maj. W. H. SINCLAIR,
Lieutenant-Colonel und Assistant Adjutant-Generat.
LARKINSVILLE, August 17, 1863—4 p. m.
Maj. W. H. SINCLAIR,
Assistant Adjutant-General:
The Second East Tennessee Cavalry has not yet reported. The
regiment is 12 miles from Stevenson. Ineed another regiment here.
Shall I order it here?
The Second East Tennessee Cavalry has not yet reported. The
regiment is 12 miles from Stevenson. Ineed another regiment here.
Shall I order it here?
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, West Georgia, Pt. 1. Location: Winchester. Summary: Lieutenant-Colonel C. Goddard instructs Major W. H. Sinclair to relieve the Tenth Ohio Infantry guarding contrabands in Winchester and arrange their transfer to Gallatin for hospital work during the Civil War.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 30, Part 1
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