ORs: (US) Gen. D. C. Buell to Col. Swords - July 7, 1862

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Series 1, Volume 16, Part 2, Page 104

HEADQUARTERS,
Huntsville, July 7, 1862.

Colonel SWORDS,
Louisville:

Call into requisition by telegraph or otherwise every boat you can command to push forward supplies, especially forage, to Nashville while the river is high enough. It will probably be navigable for very light boats for three weeks yet. The capacity of the railroad to supply us must also be increased to at least 300 tons a day. It is of vital importance. We are living from day to day on short supplies and our operations are completely crippled.

D. C. BUELL.