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Col. J. Stoddard Johnston, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 9.1, Kentucky (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 12: (search)
le and Harrodsburg to Danville, expecting Sill's division to rejoin the corps at Harrodsburg. The appearance of Sill near Lawrenceburg and of McCook at Mackville, where he camped on the night of the 7th, seemed to confirm Bragg in his belief that Buell's objective point was Lexington and induced him to select Salvisa as the point upon which to concentrate his troops, with a view of crossing the Kentucky river near that point and giving Buell battle near Versailles. Accordingly on the 7th of October Bragg directed General Smith to move his command next day to Versailles, and Cheatham's and Withers' divisions of Polk's corps to follow. Later, however, he suspended these orders, in consequence of notification from Hardee at Perryville that the enemy was in force in his front, and sent General Polk from Harrodsburg to Perryville with Cheatham's division to the support of General Hardee, instructing him to give the enemy battle immediately, rout him and then move to our support at Ver