Letter
William S. Rosecrans to Arthur O. C. Ducat, November 7, 1862
DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
November 7, 1862.
No. 7. Bowling Green, Ky., November 7, 1862.
of courier lines. All such lines will be under his general direction, and his orders in reference to them are to be obeyed and respected. Commanders of corps, divisions, brigades, and detachments will immediately cause all non-commissioned officers and privates of cavalry who are mounted, but have no arms (except orderlies), to report at once to him at these headquarters, to be used in forming courier lines for carrying dispatches in a safe country. By this means effective cavalry, now performing this duty, may be sent to the front.
By command of Major-General Rosecrans :
ARTHUR O. C. DUCAT,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Acting Ohief of Staff.
GENERAL beat HDQRS. FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
24 K. Y., MID. AND E. TENN., N. ALA., AND S. W. V. A. (Cuar. XXXU
Lieutenant-Colonel and Acting Ohief of Staff.
GENERAL beat HDQRS. FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
24 K. Y., MID. AND E. TENN., N. ALA., AND S. W. V. A. (Cuar. XXXU
LOUISVILLE, KyY.,
November 7, 1862—6.30 p. m.
Col. A. STAGER:
Two divisions of MeCook's corps are at Edgefield Junction to-night.
November 7, 1862—6.30 p. m.
Col. A. STAGER:
Two divisions of MeCook's corps are at Edgefield Junction to-night.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, Pt. 1. Summary: Major-General Rosecrans orders the organization of unarmed mounted cavalry as couriers to improve dispatch delivery, freeing effective cavalry for frontline duties during the 1862 Cumberland campaign.
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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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