267 Series I Volume XLV-II Serial 94 - Franklin - Nashville Part II
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NASHVILLE, December 19, 1864.
Captain R. H. RAMSEY,
Assistant Adjutant-General:
The telegram concerning prisoners is received. Three thousand have already been sent North; 2,000 yet remain. I will hold them until further orders.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
R. M. GOODWIN,
Captain and Assistant Provost-Marshal-General.
NASHVILLE, December 19, 1864.
Captain ROBERT H. RAMSEY,
Assistant Adjutant-General:
I have sent parties to repair bridge at Franklin, and intermediate points. Ten feet on Harpeth Shoals, and rising. The river is now open, and I hope to be in receipt of supplies soon. Fleet started down river yesterday.
J. L. DONALDSON,
Chief Quartermaster, Department of the Cumberland.
NASHVILLE, December 19, 1864.
Captain R. H. RAMSEY,
Assistant Adjutant-General:
General Steedman has taken the Seventeenth Colored Regiment to Murfreesborough,a nd I understand intended taking it to Tuscumbia. This regiment was given me for my necessary work here, and I would like it ordered back, as I need it.
J. L. DONALDSON,
Brigadier-General and Chief Quartermaster.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, December 19, 1864.Brigadier General J. L. DONALDSON,
Chief Quartermaster, Department of the Cumberland:GENERAL: Your three dispatches of this date are received. I am directed by the major-general commanding to say with regard to the Seventeenth U. S. Colored Regiment that the necessity of its being with Major-General Steedman is so great, and the duty so important, that it cannot be returned to you, until after its services are dispensed with by General Stedman. You will therefore have to do the best you can without the regiment for a short time, and make use of your remaining force to the best advantage.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
ROBT. H. RAMSEY,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, December 19, 1864.Brigadier General J. L. DONALDSON,
Chief Quartermaster, Department of the Cumberland:
GENERAL: The major-general commanding directs that,t he Cumberland River being now open, you will push forward supplies to Nashville
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