ORs: (US) Maj. W. H. Sidell to Col. J. B. Fry - July 23, 1862

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Series 1, Volume 16, Part 2, Page 205

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE OHIO,
Nashville, July 23, 1862.

Col. J. B. FRY:
Asst. Adjt. Gen., Chief of Staff, Huntsville, Ala.:

Have no knowledge that organized bodies of men re-enforce Forrest, though he boasts of expecting them, so as to get Nashville on Saturday night. Morgan may possibly join him. I meant individual accessions, as reported by Union men and our men returned paroled after capture and detention—in one day 40 in Lebanon, in another 50 in La Yergne. Colonel Miller can count 200 of whom he has knowledge. On the road many mounted men are seen going toward Forrest, reasonably supposed to be his recruits, and the country people are openly exultant. There is negro testimony that the roads from Knoxville and East Tennessee toward this region are lined with men, seemingly recruits. This is not corroborated. Last night our scouts saw nothing of the enemy within 10 miles. Train started for Louisville this morning presumed all right, though yesterday’s did not come in. Nothing heard to-day from Colonel Boone.

W. H. SIDELL,
Major, Fifteenth Infantry, Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.