ORs: (US) Col. J. B. Fry to Gen. Johnson or Gen. Crittenden - July 13, 1862

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Series 1, Volume 16, Part 2, Page 137

HEADQUARTERS, Huntsville,
July 13, 1862.

General JOHNSON or CRITTENDEN,
Stevenson:

It is reported that Starnes with 2,500 cavalry attacked Murfreesborough at daylight this morning and defeated our forces there. Caution all your troops on the line to be on the alert. Inform General Smith, who is on the line north of Stevenson, that he may send word to Tullahoma and elsewhere. If necessary use a special train to send this word along the line to the north.

JAMES B. FRY,
Chief of Staff.