Letter
Goddard to Ovap. Xxix.) Correspondence, Etc.union. 257, October 3, 1862
Corinth, October 3, 1862.
IT send youmap. McKean’s left is about a half mile in advance of you and about 1 mile north. You may advance your right up to the road ‘hat runs by Battery D, occupying the ridge you are now on; or, if you find better ground, to the road that runs by Mark Sattle’s. This will bring you nearer Corinth and put you en echelon.
By order of Major-General Rosecrans :
: ©. GODDARD,
First Ideut. Twelfth Infty. Ohio Vols., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Tennessee and Mississippi, Pt. 1. Location: Corinth. Summary: Goddard instructs Brig. Gen. Stanley to advance his division's right flank to strategic roads near Corinth for better positioning and to align en echelon with McKean's left.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 17, Part 1
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