Letter
William S. Rosecrans to J. P. Garesche, December 5, 1862
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Nashville, December 5, 1862.
Brig. Gen. J. T. BOYLE, U.S. Volunteers, The general commanding desires you will give no pass to any woman, nor, except for reasons which cannot be resisted, to any man, to visit this city, or any of the places occupied by this army. While the general is unable to bring up troops or supplies, for want of transportation, men and women are rushing in here in crowds, to the injury of discipline and to our serious inconvenience. The express company, too, is, by connivance probably of subordinates, getting an undue share of rail transportation, when we need all we can get. Please look to all these things.
By command of General Rosecrans :
J. P. GARESCHE,
Assistant Adjutant-General and Ohief of Staff.
LOUISVILLE, December 5, 1862.
Major-General ROSECRANS :
Assistant Adjutant-General and Ohief of Staff.
LOUISVILLE, December 5, 1862.
Major-General ROSECRANS :
About 3,000 convalescents here. Can send 1,000 hale, hearty men belonging to your army if you will allow a train to be taken for the purpose. Oan I take train and send the men? Anxious to do it.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, Pt. 1. Location: Nashville. Summary: General Rosecrans instructs Brig. Gen. Boyle to restrict civilian passes to maintain discipline and requests oversight of transportation to prioritize military needs amid supply shortages.
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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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