Letter
Edward F. McCook to W. H. Sinclair, August 22, 1863
LARKINSVILLE
LARKINSVILLE, August 22, 1863.
Maj. W. H. SINCLAIR, Assistant Adjutant-General : The party sent out to find General Johnson returned on the 20th, reporting General Johnson on road 10 miles north of this place. This was telegraphed you on that date. Colonel McCook is absent on reconnaissance to the river. JNO. PRATT, Assistant Adjutant-General. ‘ LARKINSVILLE, August 22, 1863. Capt. R. S. THoms: No rebel force has crossed the Tennessee near my flank. I know nothirig of the force spoken of as between Charlotte and Yellow Creek, but all of the crossings west of Whitesborough at mouth of Limestone, Decatur, &c., are uncovered.
EDWARD M. McCOOK,
Colonel, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, West Georgia, Pt. 1. Location: LARKINSVILLE. Summary: Edward M. McCook reports no Confederate crossings near his flank and updates on General Johnson's location and reconnaissance activities around Larkinsville in August 1863.
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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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