Letter
Unknown to Henry W. Halleck, November 2, 1862
Bowling Green, Ky., November 2, 1862.
Major-General HALLECK, General-in- Chief :
Your dispatch received. Will keep you advised. Please send me the nine companies of Anderson Cavalry, raised in Pennsylvania, by the Governorâs authority, given to the one company now here. We need them greatly, and shall need them more. As the rebel infantry gets in winter quarters, they will scatter, steal horses, and commence roving the country for living and plunder. We must have cavalry and cavalry arms, and a capable division commander. If possible, give me
Stanley. a W. S. ROSECRANS, Major-General, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, Pt. 1. Location: Bowling Green, Ky.. Summary: Major-General Rosecrans urgently requests nine cavalry companies and a capable division commander, preferably Stanley, to counter increasing Confederate guerrilla activity during winter 1862 in Kentucky.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 20, Part 1
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