MAYSVILLE, KY. MAYSVILLE, KY., September 26, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Camp Dick Robinson, Bryantsville : i DEAR SIR: I inclose herewith a copy of the instructions under which I…
CAMP ROBERT ANDERSON CAMP ROBERT ANDERSON, September 25, 1861. General GEORGE H. Tuomas: I went to Frankfort. The enemy came not. Iam now back and ready for action. The measles…
FRANKFORT, Ky. FRANKFORT, Ky., September 23, 1861. Dispatch from New Castle, stating that Humphrey Marshall, at head of 1,000 cavalry, in Owen; supposed to be moving on to Frankfort. Hold…
FRANKFORT FRANKFORT, September 18, 1861. To Capt. SANDERS D. BRUCE: : General Thomas can get six pieces of cannon, 6-pounders, and ammunition and horses. He must Send a mounted force…
Richmond Richmond, November 10, 1861. General W. H. CARROLL, Memphis ; Proceed with the least possible delay to re-enforce General Zollicoffer with all your armed men, and leave some reliable…
y KNOXVILLE y KNOXVILLE, November 10, 1861. General ZOLLICOFFER : SIR: Information has been received that Mr. Hodgson, a member of the legislature, has been making a treasonable speech over…
KNOXVILLE KNOXVILLE, November 9, 1861. Two large bridges on my road were burned last night about 12 o’clock; also one bridge on the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad at the…
CAIRO, ILL. CAIRO, ILL., September 6, 1861. Col. M. L. SMITH, Comdg. Eighth Regiment Missouri Vols.: Without leaving the steamer you are now on, you will proceed at once to…
COLUMBUS COLUMBUS, September 13, 1861. General POLK: The undersigned, at the request of many friends interested in the protection of Southern rights in the State of Kentucky, visit you at…
Richmond Richmond, September 5, 1861. Governor HARRIS, Nashville, Tenn. : General Polk has been ordered to direct the prompt withdrawal of the forces under General Pillow from Kentucky. The movement…