Sunday, April 10, 2022

Brigadier-General Felix K. Zollicoffer to Samuel Cooper, September 14, 1861

KNOXVILLE, September 14, 1861.
Adjutant-General COOPER:

Governor Harris and General Buckner telegraphed me if possible to arrest the movement of which I apprised you on the 10th.* It is too late to arrest. To withdraw would be unfortunate, unless the Federal forces which menace us will agree to withdraw. I have informed Governor Magoffin through Governor Harris I will withdraw on this condition.

F. K. ZOLLICOFFER,        
Brigadier-General.
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* Not Found; but see Zollicoffer to Johnston, September 16, p. 194

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 4 (Serial No. 4), p. 190

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