KNOXVILLE KNOXVILLE, September 16, 1861. General A. S. JOHNSTON, Memphis, Tenn. : SIR: On the 10th instant I apprised Adjutant-General Cooper that I expected on the 12th to have three…
NASHVILLE NASHVILLE, September 13, 1861. General S. COOPER, Adjutant-General C. S. A.: After consultation with the Tennessee commissioners to Frankfort, and with prominent citizens of Kentucky, I unhesitatingly advise that…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Mill Springs, Ky., December 2, 1861. SIR: Yesterday, with a small detachment of infantry and cavalry, I proceeded to reconnoiter from the left bank a camp of the…
Chattanooga, November 15, 1861. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War: The ordnance officer at Nashville telegraphed me that none of my guns have been turned in, though the work…
Camp Ten Mile, October 16, 1861. General W. R. CASWELL, or Col. W. B. Woon, Knoxville, Tenn. : Being much embarrassed for want of transportation in some of the regiments…
Camp Buckner, September 30, 1861. SIR: On the morning of the 26th instant Oolonel Rainsâ regiment, Colonel Statham, with a battalion of his regiment, and LieutenantColonel McNairyâs cavalry battalion, marched…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Camp Buckner, Ky., October 2, 1861. SIR: I had posted Captain Bledsoe’s cavalry company near Jamestown, Tenn., and four other cavalry companies at intermediate points from there to…