Alex McCook Receives Orders to Move on Alpine and Summerville; Sept 1863 Garfield to McCook

After the rebels evacuated Chattanooga, Rosecrans wanted to strike during the rebel retreat:

Garfield to McCook: Move on Alpine and Summerville
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Headquarters Dept. of the Cumberland,
Trenton, Ga., 9 Sept. 1863 - 9 a.m.

1) Rebels evacuated Chattanooga yesterday.

2) General Thomas to move on La Fayette.

3) You (McCook) will move on Alpine and Summerville,

" for the purpose of intercepting the enemy in his retreat; move on so as to strike him in flank, if possible. "

Volume 30, Pt. 3, page 488
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Official Records, Series 1, Volume 30 (Ch. 42), Part 3 (Correspondence--Union), 488.

(Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890)

Title The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
The War of the Rebellion, United States. Record and Pension Office
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, United States. War Records Office
Compiled by Calvin Duvall Cowles
Contributors United States. War Records Office, United States. Record and Pension Office, United States. Congress. House
Publisher U.S. Government Printing Office, 1890
Original from the University of Virginia
Digitized Feb 1, 2008