Letter
WM. Innes to and Asst. to Commissioner Organization U. N. Colored Troops, January 9, 1865
Nashville, Tenn., January 9, 1865.
Bvt. Col. C. W. FosTER, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Volunteers, and Chief of Colorz:d Bureau, Washington, D. O.: COLONEL: I have the honor to forward a report of the capture and escape of George W. Fitch, regimental quartermaster Twelfth U. S. Colored Infantry; also the brutal murders of Captain Penfield, Fortyfourth U. S. Colored Infantry, and Lieutenant Cooke, Twelfth U. S. Colored Infantry, by a company of Forrest’s command.*
I have the honor to be, colonel, respectfully, your obedient servant,
Maj. and Asst. to Commissioner Organization U. N. Colored Troops.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Location: Nashville, Tenn.. Summary: Major WM. Innes reports the capture and escape of Quartermaster George W. Fitch and the murders of Captain Penfield and Lieutenant Cooke by Forrest's command during the Civil War.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 8
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