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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