Letter
William S. Rosecrans to Major-General CRITTENDEN, August 21, 1863
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Stevenson, August 21, 1863—11 a. m..
Major-General CRITTENDEN, Dumlap: All your dispatches have been received. Thanks for your prompt movements and reports. Hope to know the news your way soon, Rebels picket the river strongly opposite us. I think you will draw them toward Chattanooga. News from Charleston merely contained favorable progress of siege. Rebel papers say walls of Sumter pretty well pitted. Thomas and McCook reached here yesterday.
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: W. S. Rosecrans acknowledges receipt of Major-General Crittenden's dispatches, praises his prompt actions, and discusses strategic movements and siege progress during the Civil War near Chattanooga and Charleston.
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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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