ORs: (US) Correspondence between Gen. Thomas & Gen. Buell

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Series 1, Volume 16, Part 2, Page 463

HDQRS. FIRST DIVISION, ARMY OF THE OHIO,
McMinnville,
August 31, 1862.

General BUELL,
Tullahoma:

Dispatch received. All that I know of the enerny's forces number about 500 on the Chattanooga road, about the same number near Sparta, a small force near Pikeville, and Forrest’s cavalry, said to number about 1,500 strong. The general impression is that the enemy is advancing but I have yet to see the person who has seen any of the Chattanooga forces proper.

GEO. H. THOMAS,
Major-General, U. S. Volunteers.