Letter
William S. Rosecrans to Major-General CRITTENDEN, August 23, 1863
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Stevenson, August 23, 1863.
Major-General CRITTENDEN, Dunlap:
Your dispatches received. All you have done approved of. There are 20,000 rations at Tracy City, and more ordered. You had better send some of your trains to MaNtinnglte not to Tracy City. Send name of company, regiment, brigade, and division of corps to which prisoners you have taken belong, to enable us to form some idea of number of enemy in that direction.
By order of Major-General Rosecrans :
R. S. THOMS,
Aide-de-Camp.
. NASHVILLE, August 23, 1863—2.30 p. m.
Brigadier-General GARFIELD :
Aide-de-Camp.
. NASHVILLE, August 23, 1863—2.30 p. m.
Brigadier-General GARFIELD :
Colonel Stokes' command reached Alexandria at 8 a. m. esterday.
The commanding officer at McMinnville reports the hoa between
Caap, XLII.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—UNION.
that place and Tullahoma without guard. I have no force to guard
The commanding officer at McMinnville reports the hoa between
Caap, XLII.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—UNION.
that place and Tullahoma without guard. I have no force to guard
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, West Georgia, Pt. 1. Location: Stevenson. Summary: Major-General Rosecrans approves Crittenden's actions, directs redistribution of rations and trains, and requests detailed prisoner information to assess enemy strength near Tracy City during the 1863 Civil War campaign.
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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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