In November NUMBER@1 , PERSON@1 -- deputy commander of the Department of the LOCATION@1 and in charge of all Union cavalry units in eastern LOCATION@2 -- proposed an expedition into southwest LOCATION@3 to disrupt the production of supplies and facilities beneficial to the Confederacy .

Background Union army Proposition Major General PERSON@1 , commander of the ORGANIZATION@1 in LOCATION@4 and LOCATION@2 , proposed another expedition into southwest LOCATION@3 to destroy all facilities and supplies of benefit to the MISC@1 war effort .
