ORs: (US) Maj.-Gen. D. C. Buell to Gen. Nelson - July 17, 1862

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Series 1, Volume 16, Part 2, Page 169

HEADQUARTERS,
Huntsville, July 17, 1862.

General NELSON,
s Reynolds’ Station:

Put your command on the cars as soon as possible and proceed to Murfreesborough unless the movements of the enemy should make it necessary to act otherwise. Take only one battery through with you, leave the other at Columbia, unless you deem it necessary to put one section of it at Franklin. It is understood that the enemy has left Murfreesborough and gone toward McMinnville. He has doubtless destroyed the road to some extent. It must be repaired immediately. Wood will be at Shelbyville early to-morrow.

D. C. BUELL.