Friday, October 20, 2017

Major-General William S. Rosecrans to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, June 16, 1863 – 6:30 p.m.

MURFREESBOROUGH, TENN.,
June 16, 1863 6.30 p.m.
Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK,  General-in-Chief:

In reply to your inquiry, if immediate means to-night or to-morrow, no. If it means as soon as all things are ready, say five days, yes.

W. S. ROSECRANS,
Major-general.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 23, Part 1 (Serial No. 34), p. 10

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