Letter
W. M. Innes to Maj., January 9, 1865
HDQRS. COMR. ORGANIZATION U. S. COLORED TROOPS,
Nashville, Tenn., January 9, 1865.
Bvt. Col. C. W. FosTER, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Volunteers, and Chief of Colorz:d Bureau, Washington, D. O.: COLONEL: I have the honor to forward a report of the capture and escape of George W. Fitch, regimental quartermaster Twelfth U. S. Colored Infantry; also the brutal murders of Captain Penfield, Fortyfourth U. S. Colored Infantry, and Lieutenant Cooke, Twelfth U. S. Colored Infantry, by a company of Forrest’s command.*
I have the honor to be, colonel, respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. M. INNES,
Maj. and Asst. to Commissioner Organization U. N. Colored Troops.
Maj. and Asst. to Commissioner Organization U. N. Colored Troops.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Location: Nashville, Tenn.. Summary: W. M. Innes reports the capture and escape of George W. Fitch and the murders of officers Penfield and Cooke by Forrest's command during the Civil War.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 8
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