Oxford
February 8, 1864

Brigadier General Chalmers:

....Have ordered Thrall's Batery to Oakland: if you find the enemy advancing, send for it.

N.B. Forrest.

United States. War Dept.. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 32, In Three Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc., Book, 1891; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152633/m1/696/?q=Thrall : accessed February 04, 2014), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department, Denton, Texas.