Tullahoma, Tenn., March 24, 1864.
As I was sitting here writing this evening, a despatch for
the General came into the office, which has brightened me up amazingly and put
quite a new aspect upon the face of affairs. It was, in effect, that as soon as
certain blockhouses were completed along the road, they would be occupied by
small garrisons; the rest of the corps, with the exception of garrisons at
Nashville and Murfreesboro, would go under General Slocum to the front. Isn't
this glorious news? Of course, we can't tell yet whether we are going to the
actual front of the army, yet it is certain we are going to have a chance.
SOURCE: Charles Fessenden Morse, Letters Written
During the Civil War, 1861-1865, p. 162
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