Then preparations were again begun by Gen. Burnside for a movement into East Tennessee. As the troops were worn and scattered by their recent fatiguing services, it required much labor and time to perfect the organization necessary for that purpose. He appointed Gen. J. D. Cox to take charge in his absence of the District of Ohio, Gen. Wilcox of the District of Indiana, and Gen. Boyle of Kentucky, all of whom he considered “officers of great skill and determination.” On August 10th, he left his headquarters at Cincinnati to join the column that was to march into East Tennessee. It consisted of the Twenty-third army corps, commanded by Gen. Hartsuff, and on the 20th was located as follows, viz.: White’s division at Columbia, Ky.; Hascall’s division at Stamford; Carter’s division at Crab Orchard; Graham’s cavalry at Glasgow; and Woolford’s cavalry at Somerset. As ordered, Gen. Hartsuff moved his commands as follows: Hascall’s division to Kingston, Tenn., by way of Somerset, Chitwood, Huntsville and Montgomery; White’s division from Columbia to Montgomery, Tenn., by way of Creelsboro and Albany, Ky., and Jamestown, Tenn.; Graham’s cavalry to join White by way of Burksville, Albany and Jamestown; and Woolford’s cavalry brigade to guard the supply and ammunition trains that were with Hascall’s division. Carter’s cavalry brigade, which Gen. Burnside’s headquarters accompanied, was to move by way of Mt. Vernon, London and Williamsburg, Ky., over the Jellico Mountains to Chitwood, Huntsville, Montgomery and Kingston, Tenn., except such portions as might be detached. These forces were directed to meet at such times and places as not to interfere with each other’s movements; and the whole work was performed with wonderful promptness and accuracy, considering the great difficulties in the way, of steep, rugged mountains, bad roads and short forage.