E.D. Townsend to Major General Alexander McDowell McCook, November 8, 1862
Bowling Green, November 8, 1862.
Major-General McCook, Nashville (via telegraph to Mitchellsville, and courier lines) :
Forty thousand rations will be at Mitchellsville to-morrow. The general will move forward to-morrow. ARTHUR C. DUCAT,
Theutenant-Colonel and Acting Chief of Staff.
FountTAIN HEAD, November 8, 1862â5 p. m.
Lieut. Col. ARTHUR C. DucATt, [Acting] Chief of Staff: Have returned from. Gallatin. Formed junction this morning with a brigade of General Crittendenâs command, near Gallatin. Morganâs
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forces were apprised of the brigadeâs approach. Had pickets out on the Scottsville pike 8 miles. They left about break of day, some 700 or 800 strong. The cavalry captured 20 of Morganâs men and horses. Generals Wood and Crittenden had arrived at Gallatin at noon to-day; expected General Van Cleve this evening. Colonel Kennett passe this place at 3 oâclock p. m. for Gallatin; will not arrive there to-night. LEWIS ZAHM, Oolonel, Commanding Cavalry Brigade.
SPECIAL ORDERS, } WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJT. GEN.âS OFFICE No. 334. } Washington, November 8, 1862. 2 * ® * & a 2 V. Brig. Gen. J. A. Garfield, U. 8. Volunteers, will report for duty to Maj. Gen. David Hunter, U. 8. Volunteers, now in Washington City, D. CO.
By order of the Secretary of War:
Assistant Adjutant- General.