Excerpt from The War of the Rebellion, Vol. 39: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies; In Three Parts, Part III, Correspondence, Etc Sweet Water Creek as far as possible. I have ordered General K. To hold the bridge at Sandtown with dismounted men and guard the line of Sweet Water, posting the First Brigade of Garrard's division on his right. I design posting the remainder of Garrard's division at Powder Springs, extending to Dallas, sending scouting parties west ward to learn the movements of the enemy. I am, captain, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 'w. L. Elliott, Brig. Gen. And Chief of Cavalry, Dept. Of the Cumberland. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.