Letter
John C. Starkweather to S. K. Dawson, August 22, 1863
Camp Dawson
Camp Dawson, August 22, 1863.
Maj. S. K. Dawson, Commanding Third Brigade:
Magsor: You will detail the battalion of Nineteenth U. S. Infantry in your command to guard the pontoons and bridge equipage in the woods and the commissary stores by the side of the railroad track near its present camp. The battalion will also furnish daily for grand guard duty 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and 6 privates, who will be stationed on the road at such distance beyond said camp as the com8 R R—VOL XXX, PT III
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manding officer of the battalion shall designate. The battalion will be excused from all other duty except such as may be ordered from these headquarters.
By command of Brigadier-General Starkweather :
E. K. CARY,
Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
AUGUST 23.
The general directs that the picket post now furnished by the Nineteenth Yatantry. shall consist of 1 corporal and 3 men, and be of the
Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
AUGUST 23.
The general directs that the picket post now furnished by the Nineteenth Yatantry. shall consist of 1 corporal and 3 men, and be of the
camp of that battalion. The commanding officer of the Nineteenth
Infantry will have entire charge of that post.
Infantry will have entire charge of that post.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, West Georgia, Pt. 1. Location: Camp Dawson. Summary: Brigadier-General Starkweather orders Major Dawson to assign the 19th U.S. Infantry battalion to guard pontoons, commissary stores, and provide daily guards and pickets near Camp Dawson.
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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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