HEADQUARTERS WESTERN
DEPARTMENT,
Edgefield, February [17, 1862].
Major-General CRITTENDEN, Commanding Chestnut Mound:
General Johnston
directs you to move your command to Murfreesborough (instead of Nashville)
without delay. Press all the wagons you need. Fort Donelson has fallen, and General
Floyd's army is captured after a gallant defense.
Respectfully,
W. W. MACKALL.
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. 889
