Letter
Unknown to Jesse L. Wright, November 6, 1862
Bowling Green, November 6, 1862.
Major-General WRIGHT, Cincinnati :
The southwestern part of this State has been a disturbed district all summer. It is a granary of supplies for us. I am told a regiment of infantry and two of cavalry will suffice to clear it. I propose to detach McHenry, Seventeenth Kentucky, Rousseauâs division, for the infantry, and will send them down to Russellville.
W.S. ROSECRANS, Major-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, Pt. 1. Location: Bowling Green. Summary: Major-General Rosecrans requests Major-General Wright to deploy infantry and cavalry regiments to secure southwestern Kentucky, a crucial supply granary, by detaching forces to Russellville.
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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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