ORs: (US) Maj.-Gen. D. C. Buell to Gen. Smith - July 15, 1862

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Series 1, Volume 16, Part 2, Page 153

HEADQUARTERS,
Huntsville, July 15, 1862.

General SMITH,
Cowan, or elsewhere on Chattanooga Road:

You have doubtless by this time taken your positions and ascertained something of the movements of the enemy. If he has not shown himself in force push forward a reconnaissance toward Murfreesborough. Keep an engine and what cars you think necessary near you for express or other service. You ought to have had cars also. What is the bridge party doing? How far is it out to the first break on the McMinnville road? The enemy has made no advance in force toward Nashville or elsewhere that we can hear of. Was burying dead and removing prisoners yesterday evening. Report how you find matters.

D. C. BUELL.