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NASHVILLE, September 7, 1863.
General ROSECRANS:
Captain Little, commissary of subsistence, reports that the Louisville and Nashville Railroad is not hurrying [supplies] forward as fast we consume them. Have you any orders on the subject?
G. GRANGER,
Major-General.
NASHVILLE, September 7, 1863-2.25 p.m.
General GARFIELD:
Morgan reached Stevenson with one brigade at 11 a.m. to-day; McCook brigade near by. Whitaker's brigade near' will camp at the foot of he mountain to-night. Raid's brigade at Cowan. Steedman will be at Cowan to-night in person. The Eightieth Illinois leaves by car to-morrow for Bridgeport.
G. GRANGER,
Major-General, Commanding.
STEVENSON, September 7, 1863.
Brigadier-General GARFIELD,
Chief of Staff:
Four regiments of infantry and one battery of the First Brigade arrived here at 11 a.m. to-day. Colonel McCook, with three regiments of infantry and one battery, encamped 5 miles west of Larkinsville last night, one regiment of infantry following him within a day's march.
J. D. MORGAN.
Brigadier-General.
TRENTON, GA., September 7, 1863.
Brig. General R. S. GRANGER, Nashville:
The general commanding wishes to know if the magazine is fixed yet.
R. S. THOMS,
Captain and Aide-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS CHIEF OF CAVALRY, Camp near Winston's, September 7, 1863-10.30. a.m.Brigadier-General GARFIELD,
Chief of Staff:
GENERAL: I will start in the morning and endeavor to strike the railroad. I regret exceedingly that I cannot have the aid of Minty's brigade, as I deem my present force entirely inadequate to the work to be performed. I fear the general is not aware that I have but thirteen small regiments here, reduced by battalions guarding the
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