RICHMOND,
October 26, 1861.
Brig. Gen. W. H. CARROLL:
GENERAL: The
Secretary of War directs that with the throe regiments recently organized by
you in East Tennessee you proceed with all possible dispatch, via Cumberland
Gap, to join Brigadier-General Zollicoffer, now at London, Laurel County,
Kentucky. The regiments referred to are now known as the First, Second, and Third
East Tennessee Rifles, but will be known to the Department as the Seventh,
Eighth, and Ninth Tennessee Provisional Regiments.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector 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. 476
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