Letter
J. P. Garesche, December 7, 1862
DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Nashville, December 7, 1862.
Generals ROUSSEAU, STANLEY, and MORGAN:
The general commanding desires you to give immediate orders to have three days’ cooked rations prepared for every regiment in your command by night-fall of this day, and to have that number thenceforward always kept on hand in the men’s haversacks. You will secure, quietly and at once, competent guides, well acquainted with the country in front of you, and get everything in immediate readiness to march at a moment’s notice. Report the receipt and execution of this order without delay
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. P. GARESCHE,
Acting Adjutant-General and Ohief of Staff.
Acting Adjutant-General and Ohief of Staff.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, Pt. 1. Location: Nashville. Summary: J. P. Garesche orders Generals Rousseau, Stanley, and Morgan to prepare three days' cooked rations and secure guides for immediate readiness to march during the Civil War in 1862.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 20, Part 1
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