ORs: (US) Gen. D. C. Buell to Gen Thomas

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Series 1, Volume 16, Part 2, Page 175

HEADQUARTBRS,
Huntsville,
July 17, 1862.

General THOMAS,
Tuscumbia:

I deem it of very great importance that you should get across the river at the earliest possible moment. Send one of your brigades forward without delay to cross at Decatur. Cross everything you have at Eastport at once. Endeavor to get your trains across at all points before Grant’s troops come up, so that no time may be lost after their arrival.

D. C. BUELL.