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588 Series I Volume XXXI-II Serial 55 - Knoxville and Lookout Mountain Part II

Page 588 Chapter XLIII. KY.,SW.VA.,Tennessee,MISS.,N.ALA.,AND N.GA.


HDQRS. FOURTH DIVISION, FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
Trenton, Ga., November 20, 1863.

Captain CASSELL,

Division Engineer, Commanding Pioneers:

CAPTAIN: You will proceed at once to destroy the machinery and stocks of all iron-works in Lookout Valley, without using fire or powder. Make the work thorough; also destroy all tanneries and machinery of mills attached to the iron-works.

Respectfully,

HUGH EWING,

Brigadier-General, Commanding Division.


HDQRS. FOURTH DIVISION, FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
Trenton, Ga., November 20, 1863.

Colonel COCKERILL,

Commanding Third Brigade:

COLONEL: Move your command at 8 o'clock this morning, via Wauhatchie, to Brown's Ferry, where you will camp to-night, reporting your arrival to General Sherman.

Respectfully,

HUGH EWING,

Brigadier-General, Commanding Division.


HDQRS. FOURTH DIVISION, FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
Trenton, Ga., November 20, 1863

Colonel LOOMIS,

Commanding First Brigade:

COLONEL: Move with your entire brigade at daybreak to this point. I will expect you to camp, if possible, beyond Wauhatchie to-night.

Respectfully,

HUGH EWING,

Brigadier-General, Commanding Division.


HDQRS. IN THE FIELD, 4TH DIV., 15TH ARMY CORPS,
Trenton, Ga., November 21, 1863-12.40 a. m.

Major-General SHERMAN,

Commanding Department and Army:

GENERAL: Your dispatch received. The detachments of Corse are ordered in. The division will move at daylight, with all possible dispatch. The train and rations will be promptly attended to.

Respectfully.

HUGH EWING,

Brigadier-General, Commanding Division.


SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPT. AND ARMY OF THE Tennessee,

No. 14. Near Chattanooga, November 21, 1863.

Every available man fit for duty in the Fifteenth Corps, now present, will at once be prepared for an important movement. Each man will carry a blanket or overcoat, three days' cooked rations,


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