Lyne Starling to Hpqgrs. Left Wing, Fourteenth Army Corps, November 19, 1862

November 19, 1862.

November 19, 1862. Ool. P. B. HAWKINS, Commanding Fourteenth Brigade:

COLONEL: You will at once move your command, if you deem it safe to do so, to Stewart’s Ford. If the crossing be good, and you can find a suitablecamp, with good water, forage, and a strong position, stop on the east side of the river. Ifthe crossing is not a good one, or the ground is unsuitable for a camp, move over to the other side, provided you can find better ground there. If you can find a better crossing, and one equally safe, at any other point, cross at it and communicate with me.

Ouar. XXXIL) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—UNION. 71

I will be in the neighborhood of Stewart’s Ford, with a part, if not the whole, of my command this evening. If you consider it unsafe to move, you will remain where you are and let me know.

By command of Major-General Crittenden :

Assistant Adjutant-General.
Hpqgrs. LEFT WING, FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
In Camp, November 19, 1862—4 p. m.
Col. J. P. GARESOHE, Chief of Staff:
COLONEL: Upon reaching Stone’s River I found the troops of Smith’s
division had crossed with a few of the wagons; the road up the bank
very bad, and, finding it impossible to get more over to-night than