ORs: (CS) Gen. E. K. Smith to Gen. Henry Heth - July 6, 1862

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Series 1, Volume 16, Part 2, Page 722

KNOXVILLE, TENN.,
July 6, 1862.

Brig. Gen. HENRY HETH,
Commanding Division, Chattanooga, Tenn.:

Send Colonel Scott’s regiment of cavalry to Kingston immediately. Let him report his arrival to these headquarters and await orders at that point. Push preparations in Colonel Wharton’s and Colonel Lawton’s regiments. They will go to Middle Tennessee Under Colonel Forrest. If Colonel Forrest desires it he is authorized to take with him the squadron of Kentucky cavalry which is for the war. The rest of the Kentucky cavalry will remain at Chattanooga.

E. KIRBY SMITH,
Major-General, Commanding.