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: 39
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.
GALLATIN, D)ecember 3, 1864.
Major-General WILSON:
Your order to take horses received. Will taklce all I can find and
push the matter with vigor and watch the river well. General Scho-
field's train left Franklin [Ky.] this evening with 400 guards.
J. H. HAMMOND,
Brevet Brigadier- General.
IDQRS. CAVALRY CORPs, MIL. DIV. OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., December 3, 1864.
Col. G. G. MINER,
Commanding Camp Webster:
COLONEL: You will at once take measures to move all the property
of Camlp Webster inside the line of fortifications; direct Captain Wil-
son to procure the necessary transportation. Order at once to their
regiments across the river all the men that are fit for active service.
Steps are being taken t@ mount all the cavalry in the command. The
Secretary of War has ordered the seizure of all horses for this purpose.
The defense of the city is left to the infantry. The infantry arms are
to be returned to the arsenal. The Fifth and Sixth Cavalry Divisions,
General Croxton's and General Watkins' brigades, of the First Divis-
ion, are across the river.
By command of Brevet Major-General Wilson:
E. B. BEAUMONT,
Major and Assistant Adjutant- General.
GENERAL AND HDQRS. DISTRICT OF THE ETOWAH,
SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 1. Chattanooga, December 3, 1864.
I. The general commanding the district, considering it highly
advisable to have this post and its several defenses as strongly held
as possible, hereby orders that all civilians within the lines of the post
be enrolled and organized into a military force.
II. With the view of having the force enrolled and effectually organ-
ized, the general orders and authorizes Col. Edwin S. McCook to take
the business in haud at once, and orders him to the command of the
force he shall so enroll and organize.
III. All civilians, therefore, within the lines of this post, who are not
in the actual employment and pay of the United States Goverement at
this post, will proceed instantly, on the publication of these orders, to
the rear office of the post guard, there report to Colonel McCook,
register their names and residences, have themselves properly enrolled
and assigned for military duty, and having been enrolled, hold them-
selves subject to his orders.
IV. The military duty indicated in these orders will niot take the
civilians enrolled and organized by Colonel McCook beyond the exte-
rior lines of defense.
V. Colonel McCook has full power to organize the force contemplated
in these orders as his experience and judgment best dictate, and he
will appoint and order such officers and other assistants to act under39
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/m1/53/?q=thrall: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.