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S. P. Carter to George H. Thomas, U. A, October 2, 1861
CAMP WILDCAT CAMP WILDCAT, October 2, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, U. $. A., Commanding Camp Robinson, dc. : My note of yesterday advised you that I had dispatched your…
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Letters from S. P. Carter
B. 1891 · D. 1960
Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter was an American musician and a founding member of the Carter Family, one of the most popular acts in the history of country music.
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24 letters
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S. P. Carter to George H. Thomas, November 19, 1861
Camp Calvert, November 19, 1861. GENERAL: I have just received information that the rebels, 5,000 strong, were last night at Flat Lick, 8 miles above Barboursville and 32 miles from…
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S. P. Carter to George H. Thomas, U. S. A, November 19, 1861
HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE, Camp Calvert, November 19, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, U. S. A., Commanding, Éc., Crab Orchard: GENERAL: I have just received information that the rebels,…
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S. P. Carter to MCCLELLAN, Washington, November 22, 1861
Camp Calvert, November 22, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding, dec. : GENERAL: Your dispatch of 20th [21st?] instant from Stanford, ordering me to break up the camp at…
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S. P. Carter to George H. Thomas, November 22, 1861
HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE, Camp Calvert, November 22, 1861. GENERAL: Your dispatch of 20th [21st?] instant from Stanford, ordering me to break up the camp at London and join you…
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S. P. Carter to George H. Thomas, November 24, 1861
HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE, Camp Calvert, November 24, 1861. (Received November 27, 1361.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding, &e., Danville, Ky.: GENERAL: On the 21st instant I sent out…
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S. P. Carter to General, November 25, 1861
HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE, Camp ‘Calvert, November 25, 1861. (Received November 29, 1861. ? Commanding, &e., Danville, KEy.: GENERAL: Yours of the 23d instan inclosing orders from department headquarters for…
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S. P. Carter, November 25, 1861
HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE, Camp ‘Calvert, November 25, 1861. (Received November 29, 1861. ? Commanding, &e., Danville, KEy.: GENERAL: Yours of the 23d instan inclosing orders from department headquarters for…
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S. P. Carter to Cmar XVI] â CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.â UNION 455, November 27, 1861
Camp Calvert, November 27, 1861. (Received November 29, 1861.) GENERAL: I wrote you this morning Mel despairingly.* Tam glad to say that the feeling in camp seems better this evening.…
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S. P. Carter to George H. Thomas, U.s. A, November 27, 1861
HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE, Camp Calvert, November 27, 1861. (Received November 29, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, U.S. A, Commanding, dc., Danville : GENERAL: I wrote you this morning…
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S. P. Carter to George H. Thomas, November 28, 1861
Camp Calvert, November 28, 1861. GENERAL: I have directed the quartermasters of different regiments as well as brigade commanders to endeavor to learn how many wagons they ean gather in…
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S. P. Carter to Cmar Xvil Correspondence, Etc. Union, November 28, 1861
HEADQUARTERS HAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE, Camp Calvert, November 28, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. Tuomas, U. S. A., ‘ Commanding, £c., Danville : GENERAL: I have directed the quartermasters of different…
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S. P. Carter to HEADQUARTERS CAMP GOGGIN, December 4, 1861, December 3, 1861
Cairo, December 3, 1861. Capt. J. C. KELTON, Saint Lowis, Mo. : By orders from the Governor of this State two-regiments of troops have been sent to Shawneetown. One of…
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S. P. Carter to Special Orders, |, December 6, 1861
Camp Calvert, Ky., December 6, 1861. (Received December 9, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding, dec., Lebanon : GENERAL: The orders received last night from departmental headquarters require me…
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S. P. Carter to George H. Thomas, December 9, 1861
HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH BRIGADE, Somerset, Ky., December 9, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Eastern Division, Lebanon: GENERAL: We arrived here this afternoon. On the forenoon of the 7th instant…
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S. P. Carter to 496 OPERATIONS IN KY., TENN., N. ALA., AND S. W. VA. [Cnar. XVIL, December 12, 1861
Near Somerset, Ky., December 12, 1861. (Received December 16, 1861.) Capt. GEORGE E. FLYNT, Assistant Adjutant-General, First Division, Lebanon, Ky.: CAPTAIN: Since my arrival at this place I have received…
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S. P. Carter to George E. Flynt, December 12, 1861
HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH BRIGADE, Near Somerset, Ky., December 12, 1861. (Received December 16, 1861.) Capt. GEORGE E. FLYNT, Assistant Adjutant-General, First Division, Lebanon, Ky.: CAPTAIN: Since my arrival at this place…
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S. P. Carter to HDQRs. First BRIG., FIRST DIV., DEPT. OF THE OHIO, December 23, 1861
Somerset, December 23, 1861. (Received December 25, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky. : GENERAL: Captain Fry, Company F, Second Regiment East Tennessee Volunteers, was…
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S. P. Carter to George H. Thomas, December 23, 1861
HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH BRIGADE, Somerset, December 23, 1861. (Received December 25, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky. : GENERAL: Captain Fry, Company F, Second Regiment East…
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S. P. Carter to George H. Thomas, January 30, 1862
HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH, BRIGADE, Somerset, Ky., January 30, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the action of the First and Second Tennessee and Twelfth Kentucky…
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S. P. Carter to James B. Fry, February 14, 1862
HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH BRIGADE, Camp Cumberland, February 14, 1862. CAPTAIN: A reconnaissance was made to-day by a company of First Battalion Kentucky Cavalry, under the immediate command of Lieutenant-Colonel Munday. Lieutenant-Colonel…
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S, P. Carter to Ethan A. Hitchcock, January 5, 1865
Knoxville, Tenn. Knoxville, Tenn., January 5, 1865. Maj. Gen. E. A. HITCHCOCK, Commissioner for Exchange of Prisoners, Washington, D. 0.: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of…
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S. P. Carter to and Provost-Marshal-General of Hast Tennessee, January 17, 1865
x Eastport, Miss., January 17, 1865. Respectfully returned to Byt. Brig. Gen. W. Hoffman, CommissaryGeneral of Prisoners, with reference to inclosed letter from Maj. George E. Cooper, medical director, Department…
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S. P. Carter to Benjamin F. Butler, January 17, 1865
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, x Eastport, Miss., January 17, 1865. Respectfully returned to Byt. Brig. Gen. W. Hoffman, CommissaryGeneral of Prisoners, with reference to inclosed letter from Maj. George…