Dispatch
William S. Rosecrans to J. P. Garesche, November 18, 1862
HEADQUARTERS FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
Nashville, November 18, 1862.
Maj. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS,
Your dispatch, announcing threatened attack on Hartsville, is just received. Colonel Kennett was to-day ordered to leave a regiment of cavalry at that point, and, with the rest of his force, was ordered into this city, being directed to cross the Cumberland, and, if he could do it without risk, to come around by Lebanon. Suspend this movement if you deem proper. The general wishes to know by what amount of force Colonel Kennett thinks himself threatened.
By order of Major-General Rosecrans :
J. P. GARESCHE,
Assistant Adjutant-General and Ohief of Staff.
– GALLATIN, November 18, 1862.
Major-General ROSECRANS :
Assistant Adjutant-General and Ohief of Staff.
– GALLATIN, November 18, 1862.
Major-General ROSECRANS :
My dispatch said Colonel Kise reported: threatened attack. Colonel
Kennett left Hartsville yesterday, and reported to General Crittenden.
I don't think there is any necessity of suspending the order for Colonel
Kennett to go to Nashville. Colonel Kise reports that he was threatened
Kennett left Hartsville yesterday, and reported to General Crittenden.
I don't think there is any necessity of suspending the order for Colonel
Kennett to go to Nashville. Colonel Kise reports that he was threatened
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, Pt. 1. Location: Nashville. Summary: Major-General Rosecrans directs reassessment of Colonel Kennett's troop movements amid a threatened attack on Hartsville, requesting evaluation of enemy force size before proceeding.
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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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