Letter
Geo. E. Flynt to John M. Brannan, August 16, 1863
HEADQUARTERS FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
Decherd, August 16, 1863.
Brigadier-General BRANNAN, Commanding Third Division:
You are directed by the general commanding to report with your command to Major-General Reynolds, commanding Fourth Division, and will move with and under the orders of Major-General Reynolds to the Sequatchie and Battle Creek Valleys, near Jasper and north of Battle Creek.
General Reynolds will give further instructions. Take your ammunition train, and not less than five days’ rations and short forage, and report as early as practicable this morning.
respectfully, your obedient servant,
GEO. E. FLYNT,
Assistant Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff.
4 R R—VOL XXX, PT III
Assistant Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff.
4 R R—VOL XXX, PT III
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, West Georgia, Pt. 1. Location: Decherd. Summary: Geo. E. Flynt orders Brigadier-General Brannan to move his division under Major-General Reynolds to the Sequatchie and Battle Creek Valleys with supplies for a military operation 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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