George H. Thomas to William S. Rosecrans, November 14, 1862

Major-General ROSECRANS: A dispatch from Colonel Kennett, just received, states that one of his scouts had just returned from Lebanon, and tells him that Morgan and Forrest are at Lebanon with 4,200 men and eight pieces of artillery. Colonel Kennett thinks it will bean unequal fight, and, therefore, would return to Hartsville. He thinks acombined movement should be agreed 46 K. Y., MID. AND E. TENN., N. ALA., AND 8W. V. A. [Cuar. XXxn. upon to move from this place and Lebanon on the rebels. Confess I do not understand him, and his dispatch has something of the appearance of a stampede. I will direct the infantry to bring back whatever spoils Kennett may have collected at Hartsville, as soon as we can get wagons to haul them here.

GEO. H. THOMAS,