Brigadier-General George H. Thomas to Brigadier-General Albin F Schoepf, October 29, 1861

HEADQUARTERS CAMP DICK ROBINSON,        

October 29, 1861.

Brig. Gen. A. SCHOEPF:

GENERAL: I have just received a letter from General Sherman. He objects to advancing the troops too far on this route, and directs that we go no farther than your camp for the present.

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Respectfully, &c.,

GEO. H. THOMAS,        

Brigadier-General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding.

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. 323