Brigadier-General Don Carlos Buell to Major-General George B. McClellan, February 8, 1862—9 a.m.

LOUISVILLE, February 8, 1862—9 a.m.

Maj. Gen. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN:

I am concentrating and preparing, but will not decide definitely yet.

D.C. BUELL,

Brigadier-General.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 7 (Serial No. 7), p. 594