Dispatch

Unknown to John G. Parke, August 20, 1863

Author

Unknown

Recipient

John G. Parke

Date

August 20, 1863

Type

Dispatch

CRAB ORCHARD

CRAB ORCHARD, August 20, 1863.

General PARKE :

Please report the position of the regiments of Ninth Corps. How

on ea end two brigades to the front ? soon can you send tw g ng. BURNSIDE, Major-General.

CINCINNATI, August 20, 1863.

Major-General BURNSIDE, Crab Orchard, Ky. :

The First Division is at Camp Nelson. _The Second at Covington, excepting one regiment not yet arrived. Will telegra h you as soon as I can find out from Ferrero how soon I can send you two brigades. Sumner will be down to-morrow. He was mustered out by

virtue of an order from the War Bebe pions G. PARKE,

CINCINNATI, August 20, 1863. Major-General BURNSIDE, nas Crab Orchard, Ky. : The Ninth Army Corps has all ees here except one regiment. Ih few days’ leave after I close up my papers ? coches a W. H. FRENCH, Captain.

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, West Georgia, Pt. 1. Location: CRAB ORCHARD. Summary: General Parke updates Major-General Burnside on the Ninth Corps' regiment positions and the availability of two brigades for deployment during the Civil War in August 1863.

Topics

1863 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 30, Part 1 View original source ↗