ORs: (CS) Correspondence between Gen. Bragg & Gen. Forrest

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Series 1, Volume 16, Part 2, Page 761

HEADQUARTERS FORCES,
Chattanooga, Tenn.,
August 17, [1862].

Brig. Gen. N. B. FORREST,
Prestonville Tenn.:

GENERAL:
It is perfectly evident you cannot cope with the enemy in our front as he is now located. My cavalry is slow in coming in, so that you have not been re-enforced as I have desired, but as soon as it comes you shall have the whole. In the mean time your best occupation will be to cover our front well with a view to the future. We are now crossing and massing our troops with a view to advance. The enemy, we learn, has had cavalry up as high as Dunlap. Had you not better have a mere corps of observation where you are and throw the balance of your force into the Sequatchie Valley, to prevent their incursions and try and cut off as much as possible their communications from our lines? After making this disposition, if you can possibly be
spared, I should like to see you.

Respectfully, general, your obedient servant,

[BRAXTON BRAGG,]
General, Commanding.