The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 30, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 35
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THE CHICKAMAUGA CAMPAIGN.
General Rosecrans will occup.r Dalton or some point on the railroad to close all
access from Atlanta, and also the mountain passes on the west. This being done,
it will be determined whether the movable forces shall advance into Georgia and
Alabama, or into the Valley of Virginia and North Carolina.
H. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief.
On the 12th, General Rosecrans telegraphed that although he was
" sufficiently strong for the enemy then in his front," there were in-
dications that the rebels intended to turn his flanks and cut his com-
munications. He therefore desired that Burnside should move down
his infantry toward Chattanooga on his left, and that Grant should
cover the Tennessee River toward Whitesburg to prevent any raid
on Nashville. He was of opinion that no troops had been sent east
from Bragg's army, but that Bragg was being re-enforced by Loring
from Mississippi.
On the night of the 13th, General Foster telegraphed from Fort
Monroe that "trains of cars had been heard running all the time,
day and night, for the last thirty-six hours, on the Petersburg and
Richmond road, evidently indicating a movement of troops in some
direction ;" and on the morning of the 14th, that Longstreet's corps
was reported 'to be going south through North Carolina. General
Meade had been directed to ascertain, by giving'battle if necessary,
whether any of Lee's troops had left. It was not till the 14th that
he could give me any information on this point, and then he tele-
graphed:
My judgment, formed of the variety of meager and conflicting testimony, is,
that Lee's army has been reduced by Longstreet's corps, and perhaps by some regi-
ments from Ewell's and Hill's.
As soon as I received General Rosecrans' and General Foster's
telegrams of the 12th and 13th, I sent the following telegrams to
Generals Burnside, Rosecrans, Hurlbut, Grant, and Sherman :
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
Washington, D. C., September 13, 1863--1 p. m.
Major-General BURNSIDE,
Knoxville :
It is important that all the available forces of your command be pushed forward
into East Tennessee. All your scattered forces should be concentrated there. So
long as we hold Tennessee, Kentucky is perfectly safe. Move down your infantry
as rapidly as possible toward Chattanooga to connect with Rosecrans. Bragg may
merely hold the passes of the mountains to cover Atlanta, and move his main army
through Northern Alabama to reach the Tennessee River and turn Rosecrans' right
and cut off his supplies. In this case he will turn Chattanooga over to you and
move to intercept Bragg.
H. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
Washington, D. C., September 13, 1863-1 p. m.
Major-General ROSECRANS,
Chattanooga :
There is no intention of sending General Burnside into North Carolina. He is
ordered to move down and connect with you. Should the enemy attempt to turn
your right flank through Alabama, Chattanooga should be turned over to Burnside,
and your army, or such part of it as may not be required there, should move to pre-
vent Bragg from re-entering Middle Tennessee. Hurlbut will aid you all he can,
but most of Grant's available force is west of the Mississippi.
H. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief.CHAP. XLII.]
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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 30, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports., book, 1890; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152978/m1/46/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.