Letter
Saml. Wright to James B. Parke, August 23, 1863
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,
Lexington, Ky., August 23, 1863.
CoLONEL : The general commanding corps requests that you will please inform these headquarters of the whereabouts of the different regiments and of the battery of your brigade. If they are not yet
assembled at Camp Nelson, you will please order them at once to that point to await the arrival of the general commanding division, to whom you will report for duty with your brigade. am, colonel,
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
SAML. WRIGHT,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
CRAB ORCHARD, Ky., August 23, 1863.
Major-General PARKE :
Assistant Adjutant-General.
CRAB ORCHARD, Ky., August 23, 1863.
Major-General PARKE :
I can move a short distance evening of Tuesday, 25th instant, with
infantry and battery, but fear that want of transportation, subsistence for men, and grain for horses will prevent my moving any
great distance.
infantry and battery, but fear that want of transportation, subsistence for men, and grain for horses will prevent my moving any
great distance.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, West Georgia, Pt. 1. Location: Lexington, Ky.. Summary: Samuel Wright orders Colonel Parke to report the locations of his regiments and battery and to assemble them at Camp Nelson to await division command amid logistical concerns.
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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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