Letter
Unknown to Jeremiah T. Boyle, November 21, 1862
Cincinnati, Ohio, November 21, 1862.
Brig. Gen. J. T. BOYLE, Louisville, Ky. :
Your proposition to put Colonel Bruce in command at Bowling Green is approved, if you have a good commander for the force at Russellville. General Rosecrans telegraphs that, as hospital accommodations were wanted at Russellville, he authorized Colonel Bristow to take the hotel and house of a rebel Congressman, and that Grayâs hotel was taken by Colonel Shackelford, but that Colonel Bruce arriving, ordered him to evacuate the hotel. Direct Colonel Bruce to countermand his order, and report his reason for giving it.
Major-General, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, Pt. 1. Location: Cincinnati, Ohio. Summary: Major-General commands Brig. Gen. Boyle to approve Colonel Bruce's command at Bowling Green only if a competent commander is assigned to Russellville, and to reverse Bruce's order evacuating Gray's hotel used as a hospital.
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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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