Letter
William S. Rosecrans to Horatio G. Wright, November 6, 1862
HEADQUARTERS FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
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, Rousseau’s 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: W.S. Rosecrans requests Major-General Wright to deploy infantry and cavalry, specifically Rousseau's division and McHenry's Seventeenth Kentucky, to secure southwestern Kentucky as a vital supply granary.
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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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