The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 45, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc. Page: 338
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KY., SW. VA., TENN., MISS., ALA., AND N. GA. [CHAP. LVII.
NASHVILLE, December 24, 1864.
Maj. Gen. G. H. THOMAS:
In pursuance to orders from Brigadier-General Meredith, I have the
honor to report my arrival here in command of the Forty-fifth, Forty-
seventh, and Forty-eighth Regiments Missouri Volunteer Infantry. The
men are on board and await orders.
WV. H. BLODGETT,
Colonel Forty-eighth Missouri Infantry Volunteers.
HEADQUARTERS POST OF M1URFREESBOROUGH,
Murfreesborough, Tenn., December 24, 1864. *
Col. THOMAS C. BOONE,
Commanding 115th Ohio Volunteer Infantry:
SIR. The general commanding directs that you send the detachments
to those bridges between this place and Nashville that were abandoned
during the late siege. The detachments will report at the picket-line
on the Nashville pike at 6 o'clock to-morrow morning, and will find
transportation by wagon train to their respective places of destination.
Very respectfully, &c.,
H. H. SHEETS,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
CLARKSVILLE, December 24, 1864.
Capt. ROBERT H. RAMSEY,
Assistant Adjutant- General:
General McCook reports that he captured Lyon's artillery; part of
his men; remainder scattered and leaving country. My scouts have
picked up a number.
A. A. SMITH,
Colonel, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
In the Field, December 24, 1864.
Brig. Gen. S. MEREDITH,
Paducah :
The major-general commanding directs that Merrill's Horse must
come to the front. A regiment has been ordered from General Smith's
command to Paducah, which will be temporary relief to you.
WM. D. WHIPPLE,
Brigadier- General.
LOUISVILLE, KY., December 24, 1864.
Major ECKERT:
Rebel General Lyon captured Elizabethtown last night with a force
estimated at 3,000. He will probably destroy one or two bridges, alnd
play smash with telegraph, which now only works to Colesburg. Gen-
eral McCook is after the enemy, but don't know how close a race.
SAM. BRUCH.338
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