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[1] ALS, RPB. Rosecrans' telegram from Chattanooga, Tennessee, 5 P.M., September 20, is as follows:
``We have met with a serious disaster, extent not yet ascertained. Enemy overwhelmed us, drove our right, pierced our centre, and scattered them. Thomas who had seven divisions remained intact at last news. [Gordon] Granger with two brigades had gone to support Thomas on the left. Every available reserve was used. . . . Burnside will be notified the state of things at once and you will be informed. Troops from Charleston, Florida, Virginia and all along the seaboard are found among the prisoners. It seems that every available man was thrown against us.'' (DLC-RTL).
His telegram of 9 A.M., September 21, is as follows: