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: 27
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.
HEADQUARTERS POST OF MURFREESBOROUGH,
Murfreesborough, Tenn., December 2, 1864.
Lieut. JOHN DEUBLE,
115th Ohio Volunteers:
SIr: Major-General Rousseau directs that you take up the garrisons
at Christiana and Fosterville, and move with them to garrison Normandy
and Duck Crek trestle block-houses; the latter beyond Tullahoma.
You will take with you your supplies of rations and ammunition, and
the telegraph operator at Fosterville or Christiana, who will remain at
your headquarters. Move down to the places indicated, on the train,
taking this dispatch, as promptly as possible, and after getting located
send the train to this place. If the block-houses are unfinished, put
them in as good shape as possible.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
E. A. OTIS,
Assistant Adjutant- General.
CLARKSVILLE, December 2, 1864.
Brig. Gen. W. D. WHIPPLE,
Assistant Adjutant-General:
A transport with troops passed up last night.
A. A. SMITH,
Colonel, Commanding.
CLARKSVILLE, December 2, 1864.
(Received 3 p. m.)
Brigadier-General WHIPPLE,
Assistant Adjutant- General.
Two transports have just passed up with troops.
A. A. SMITH,
Colonel, Commanding.
KNOXVILLE, December 2, 1864.
General WHIPPLE: .
Please inform me of the condition of things. A thousand rumors are
afloat, and I hardly know how to act. The operator says he has news,
but is contraband. Your telegram of yesterday is received. All quiet
about here.
GEORGE STONEMAN,
S Major- General.
NASHVILLE, December 2, 1864.
(Received 10.15 p. m.)
Major-General STONEMAN,
Knoxville, Tenn.:
The enemy attacked our forces at Franklin with two corps about 4
o'clock on the 30th ultimo. The attack was most persistent and the
fighting on both sides desperate. Rebels were repulsed with heavy
loss, 4,000. We captured about 600( prisoners and a large number of27
CHAP. LVII.]
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United States. War Department. 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., book, 1895; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth142229/m1/41/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.