been unpleasantly warm, but was relieved by this same sea

Shelbyville, and other points. What they learned was reported to

army headquarters, often orally through me or personally communicated

by Card himself, but much was forwarded in official letters,

beginning with November 24, when I transmitted accurate information

of the concentration of Bragg's main force at Tullahoma. Indeed,

Card kept me so well posted as to every movement of the enemy, not

only with reference to the troops in my immediate front, but also

throughout his whole army, that General Rosecrans placed the most