Don Carlos Buell was a United States Army officer who fought in the Seminole War, the Mexican-American War, and the American Civil War. Buell led Union armies in two major Civil War battles,Shiloh and Perryville. The nation was angered at his failure to defeat the outnumbered Confederate Army after Perryville, or to secure East Tennessee. Historians generally concur that he was a brave and industrious master of logistics, but was too cautious and rigid to meet the challenges presented in 1862. Buell was relieved of field command in late 1862 and made no more significant military contributions before his resignation in 1864.
CAMP ON LARRABEE CREEK CAMP ON LARRABEE CREEK, July 9, 1861. Capt. CHARLES S. LOVELL, Sixth Infantry, Commanding Fort Humboldt, Cal. : SIR: I have reported to the department commander…
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH BRIGADE, Columbia, December 11, 1861. (Received December 12, 1861.) General THOMAS, U. S. A., Commanding Division, Lebanon, Ky.: SIR: I am fully satisfied General Zollieoffer’s forces do not…
Louisville, Ky., December 23, 1861. General LORENZO THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Arm y, Washington, D. C.: SIR: Some explanation of the condition of things here will enable the General-in-Chief to…
Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky., December 23, 1861. General LORENZO THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Arm y, Washington, D. C.: SIR: Some explanation of the condition of things here will enable the…
Lowisville, Ky., December 25, 1861. Hon. R. C. WICKLIFFE, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.: DEAR SIR: I have received your letter of the 19th instant, inclosing the copy of…
Lowisville, Ky. Lowisville, Ky., December 25, 1861. Hon. R. C. WICKLIFFE, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.: DEAR SIR: I have received your letter of the 19th instant, inclosing the…
December 29, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding First Division: GENERAL: I send you a sketch* of the country about Somerset, which gives more information in regard to roads than…
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, Calhoun, Ky., December 30, 1861. GENERAL: In the fight just beyond SRE due we lost 8 killed and 8, perhaps 13, captured. ‘ Over 400 rebel cavalry…
Lousiville Lousiville, January 3, 1862. General H. W. HALLECK, U. $. A. i Commanding Department of Missouri: My DEAR GENERAL: I received your dispatch, and with more delay than I…
Louisville, February 8, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to inclose herewith the official report of a skirmish at Rowlettâs Station, south of Green River, Kentucky, on the 17th of…
Louisville, Ky., February 9, 1862. Sim: I have the honor to transmit General Thomasâ report of the battle of Mill Springs, and to commend the services of his troops to…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT WEST TENNESSEE, Fort Donelson, February 21, 1862. I am now in possession of Clarksville, but will move no force there except General Smith’s division until I hear from…