The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 10, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc. Page: 553
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CHr. xxII.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-CONFEDERATE.
for the exact execution of this order. The ammunition train and the
whole ambulance train will be parked near these headquarters, and
will await orders from the chief of ordnance and the medical director,
Dr. Gaenslen.
The baggage train of each brigade will be accompanied by a pioneer
party of 50 men and one company of infantry, who will repair the
roads, unbog the wagons, and in every way facilitate their movements.
The ammunition train and the ambulance train will also be accompa-
nied by a pioneer party and guard sufficient to prevent any detention.
The division, brigade, and regimental quartermasters will be with
their respective trains, and will see to the exact execution of the orders
for their movements herein contained.
Capt. C. McGivern, acting chief quartermaster of this army, will
regulate the movements of the train, and will receive orders from the
general commanding this army.
The whole baggage and provision train will be ready to move at day-
light to-morrow.
No wagon or other vehicle will under any circumstances remain with
the troops nor join them except by orders from these headquarters.
The troops of this army will be ready to take the field to-morrow
morning at daylight, with three days' cooked rations in their haver-
sacks, and ready for action.
Price's division will move at 7 o'clock, and taking the direction of
General Rust's headquarters, will halt when the head of his column
arrives near that point and await orders.
Generals Jones and McCown will form their divisions in front of their
respective camps and await orders.
Brigade quartermasters will have their brigade trains assembled, and
will be ready to take the road in the following order: First, baggage
wagons, in order of march, left in front; second, provision wagons in
same order.
The train will await the order of Captain McGivern before moving
from their parks.
The trains will all form their parks before daylight near the Danville
road, but no wagon or vehicle will move into the road until ordered by
Captain McGivern.
By order of Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn:
M. M. KIMMEL.
HEADQUARTERS,
Richmond, Va., May 27, 1862.
Maj. Gen. E. KIRBY SMITH,
Commanding Department, Knoxville, Tenn.:
GENERAL: On the 29th April Governor Brown, of Georgia, was re-
quested by telegraph to send the regiment of cavalry at Dalton com-
manded by Colonel Glenn, and that at Cartersville under Colonel Mor-
rison, to Chattanooga, to report to the commanding officer at that point.
On the 1st of May Governor Shorter, of Alabama, was desired to send
two infantry regiments at Talladega to Chattanooga, and the Ordnance
Bureau directed to forward arms for them. Since then nothing has been
heard of these troops, and General Lee directs me to inquire of you
whether they have arrived, are they armed, &c. Also what number
of troops are stationed at and in the vicinity of Chattanooga.
The large amount of supplies stored at Atlanta, Ga., renders it of553
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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 10, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc., book, 1884; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154614/m1/553/?q=Arkansas: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.