Geo. H. Thomas to Brigadier- General, October 23, 1861
October 23, 1861.
October 23, 1861â7 p. m.
Brig. Gen. A. SCHOEPF, Commanding U. S. Troops, Rockcastle :
SIR: Your dispatch of the 22d has just been received. Provisions for the Seventeenth Ohio, Thirty-third Indiana, and Third Kentucky Regiments were forwarded yesterday, and ten daysâ supply for all the troops will be forwarded to-morrow, along with a supply of 6-pound canister and shrapnel shot, under the charge of Capt. Alexander Miller, ordnance officer of this brigade. Please have the ammunition equally distributed between the two batteries. Have the obstructions taken out of the road, and everything prepared for an advanee party being thrown into London. I cannot determine yet whether we shall be able to advance until I can find out more about the forwarding of clothing and ammunition. Your success and the good conduct of the troops will afford. General Sherman as much satisfaction as it has me, and I wish you to receive for yourself and express to them my gratification for their success.
your obedient servant,
Brigadier- General.