Letter from George Henry Thomas to George Stoneman, December 6, 1864
written by George Henry Thomas, 1816-1870 (1864); edited by Thomas Budd Van Horne; in History of the Army of the Cumberland: Its Organization, Campaigns, and Battles, Written at the Request of Major-General George H. Thomas Chiefly from His Private Military Journal and Official and Other Documents Furnished by Him, vol. 2 (Cincinnati, OH, 1875), 454-454