VAN WERT, October 7,
1864.
Lieutenant-General TAYLOR,
Commanding Department, Gainesville Junction:
Your dispatch of the 6th received. This army being in motion
it is of vital importance that Forrest should move without delay and operate on
the enemy's railroad. If he cannot break Chattanooga and Nashville Railroad he
can occupy their forces there and prevent damage being repaired on the other
road. He should lose no time in moving. I am very thankful to you for the
assistance already afforded this army.
J. B. HOOD,
General.
SOURCES: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
39, Part 2 (Serial No. 79), p. 802; John Bell Hood, Advance and
Retreat, p. 260
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