Letter
William S. Rosecrans to Alvan C. Gillem, August 19, 1863
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Stevenson, August 19, 1863.
Brig. Gen. A. C. GILLEM, Nashville : The general commanding wishes you to get all the negroes you can and notify him, and he will have them organized and mustered into service and put to work on the Northwestern road. FRANK 8S. BOND, Major and Aide-de-Camp. STEVENSON, August 19, 1863, Major-General BURNSIDE : : Thomas’ corps will be between Chattanooga and Anderson tonight ; McCook from Bridgeport to Stevenson ; Crittenden in Sequatchie Valley. The head of your column ought to appear soon, if you are in time. We want to cross south of Bridgeport, penetrate between Rome and Chattanooga. Let us have full co-operation. Telegraph me position, progress, and plan.
W. S. ROSECRANS,
Major-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, West Georgia, Pt. 1. Location: Stevenson. Summary: Major General Rosecrans instructs Brigadier General Gillem to gather and organize enslaved African Americans for military labor on the Northwestern railroad and updates General Burnside on troop movements and strategic plans.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 30, Part 1
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