Major-General Crittenden to Ool. P. B. Hawkins, 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.

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 :