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ORs: (US) J. F. Miller to Col. J. B. Fry - 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 154

NASHVILLE,
July 15, 1862.

Col. J. B. FRY:

Scouts report roads clear. Enemy not at Lebanon or Lexington. Murfreesborough in their possession yesterday evening. Negroes reported to scouts when near Murfreesborough enemy burying dead and sending off prisoners during afternoon yesterday. Our cavalry patrols road 15 miles. Scouts out beyond; hear nothing of enemy nearer than Murfreesborough. Seventy-fourth Ohio just arrived.

JNO. F. MILLER.