Letter

Unknown to Horatio G. Wright, November 29, 1862

Cincinnati, November 29, 1862.

Maj. Gen. HoRATIO G. WRIGHT, Lexington, Ky. :

General Rosecrans telegraphs that the hill on Munfordville side should be fortified, and not with a two-penny work. He also thus explains the Finley report.

The report alluded to is as follows:

BRADFORDSVILLE, KyY., via LEBANON, November 28.

General ROSECRANS:

Captain Finley, with 30 men, arrived at this point last night. They left Hamilton County, near Chattanooga, last week, and report the rebels in great commotion. Troops arrive and go south, some to Mississippi and some said to be going to Mobile. Not preparing to hold Chattanooga. All cars were pressed into the service for nine days, and were used in taking troops south. There are a great many boats loaded with troops going down the Tennessee River. They are also busily engaged taking the corn and hogs south, and conveying all out of Sequatchie Valley. Georgia troops all

ing home. ey ltiaala J. D. HALE, MoLEAN

Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, Pt. 1. Location: Cincinnati. Summary: General Rosecrans instructs Major General Horatio G. Wright to fortify the hill at Munfordville and reports Confederate troop movements southward and logistical activities in Tennessee and Georgia.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 20, Part 1 View original source ↗