Telegram
James W. Ripley to William S. Rosecrans, August 15, 1863
Washington
Washington, August 15, 1863.
General W. S. RosEcRANS, Winchester, Tenn. . Telegram received. One thousand sets of horse equipments will be sent to Captain Townsend, Nashville, from Pittsburg and 1,000 from St. Louis. Please direct Captain Porter, ordnance officer, to have all the unserviceable horse equipments repaired where most convenient.
J. W. RIPLEY,
Brigadier-General, Chief of Ordnance.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, West Georgia, Pt. 1. Location: Washington. Summary: Brigadier-General J. W. Ripley instructs General Rosecrans to coordinate the repair and distribution of 2,000 horse equipment sets sent to Nashville during the Civil War.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 30, Part 1
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