William W. Mackall to Brigadier-General Felix K. Zollicoffer, October 3, 1861

COLUMBUS, October 3, 1861.

General ZOLLICOFFER, Knoxville:

Dispatch received. Exercise your own discretion in attacking the enemy.

W. W. MACKALL,        

Assistant Adjutant-General.

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. 435