Lieutenant Colonel William W. Mackall to Major-General George B. Crittenden, February 14, 1862

HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT,        

Edgefield, Tenn., February 14, 1862.

Major-General CRITTENDEN,
        Commanding Chestnut Mound, Tenn.:

GENERAL: General Johnston orders you to move without delay on Nashville, halting within 10 miles of the city and reporting. Leave a rear guard of cavalry to protect the stores that you cannot move with your command. Let them get information of the enemy.

Respectfully, your obedient servant,

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 7 (Serial No. 7), p. 882