Letter
James B. Steedman to Gordon Granger, August 23, 1863
STEVENSON
STEVENSON, August 23, 1863.
Maj. Gen. GORDON GRANGER, Nashville : I have directed the commanding officer at McMinnville to guard the railroad to Manchester. You must guard it from that point. W. S. ROSECRANS, Major-General. MURFREESBOROUGH, August 23, 1863. I sent cavalry from this post this morning to escort horses and mules from Wartrace to Nashville. We had no mounted men at Wartrace.
JAS. B. STEEDMAN,
Brigadier-General, Commanding Post.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, West Georgia, Pt. 1. Location: STEVENSON. Summary: Brigadier General Jas. B. Steedman informs Major General Gordon Granger of orders to guard the railroad from McMinnville to Manchester and reports cavalry escorting horses and mules to Nashville.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 30, Part 1
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