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Commander Of C. S. Forces, Chattanooga
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Chattanooga, Aug 27, 1862 |
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| Col. G. G. Gusner |
| A. A. G. |
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| Colonel, |
| I have a little information in
regard to the movements of the Enemy in north Alabama which I think it
proper to communicate to the General, tho it may be already known to
him. |
| I am informed by two Rail Road
Engineers from Huntsville, that on Saturday last their was a guard of
only some three or four hundred men left by the Enemy at Huntsville the
main body of the force recently there having left the day before and
going over the Nashville & Chattanooga R. R. These Engineers were
employed to run a train of ten or twelve cars loaded with military
stores and three valuable locomotives from Huntsville to Stevenson &
others over the N. & C. R. R. {Nashville &
Chattanooga RR} picking up all R. R. guards on the route. |
| Near Anderson Depot, on the
line between Tenn & Ala the train ran off the track, so effectively that
it could not be replaced on the track in less than two days. During the
attack on Stevenson day before yesterday, some two hundred wagons &
teams all in admirable condition left Stevenson going north. |
| Genl Maxey's men have
possession of the pontoon boats which the Enemy has been so long
constructing near Stevenson and he will do all in his power to secure
the Rail Road train I have mentioned. But my force is too small to
profit to the full extent by the opportunities offered of harassing the
Enemy and capturing his property on his retreat. |
| Saml Jones |
| Mgr Genl |