Tuesday, February 13, 2024

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

HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT,        
Edgefield, February 14, 1862.
Major-General CRITTENDEN, C. S. A.,
        Commanding Chestnut Mound:

The general requires that every exertion be made, day and night, until you have ascertained the position and the strength and the direction of the march of General Thomas, U.S. Army. Report by the promptest means in your power.

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

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