Halleck urges Buell to move fast, a somewhat forlorn hope. Buell is already late.
By command of Major-General Halleck:
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, September 20, 1862.
Major-General BUELL, Kentucky:Your telegram of the 14th is just received. Unquestionably the condition of affairs has so changed since that time as to render any instructions based on your then representations entirely inapplicable. After Bragg had turned your left your movement into Kentucky was probably the best thing you could do; but I fear that here as elsewhere you move too slowly, and will permit the junction of Bragg and Smith before you open your line to Louisville. The immobility of your army is movement of Price into Tennessee.
H. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief.
Thanks for posting these entries on the invasion of Kentucky and the reports from the official records I have been enjoying seeing the communications and it is also nice to see entries on what was happening in the west instead of solely what was happening in Maryland.
Glad you’re appreciating them. As I live in Missouri, I’ve been focusing mainly on the western theater — plenty of people covering the eastern, and the battle of Perryville is coming up.