Letter
A. Schoepf, December 19, 1861
HEADQUARTERS,
Somerset, Ky., December 19, 1861.
– (Received December 25, 1801.)
Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky. :
GENERAL: To-day has passed without anything worthy of note. I have seen nothing and heard nothing of the enemy.
One of my regiments is scouting in the direction of the enemy’s camp to-night, and may bring in something of interest by morning.
A party of Oolonel Hoskins? men returned this morning from a two days’ scout on the south side of the river, bringing nine Belgium rifles and a few blankets and knapsacks, taken i ina slight skirmish with the enemy on that side of the river.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
A. SCHOEPF,
Brigadier-General, Commanding First Kentucky Brigade.
SPECIAL al HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE Ohio,
No. 37. pnd ie Ey, VEN 19, 1501,
Brigadier-General, Commanding First Kentucky Brigade.
SPECIAL al HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE Ohio,
No. 37. pnd ie Ey, VEN 19, 1501,
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XII. The Eleventh and Twelfth pes (Boyle ed Dite will
report direct to this office and receive orders from these headquarters.
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XII. The Eleventh and Twelfth pes (Boyle ed Dite will
report direct to this office and receive orders from these headquarters.
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Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Somerset, Ky.. Summary: Brigadier General A. Schoepf reports a quiet day near Somerset, Kentucky, with a minor skirmish yielding captured rifles and supplies during a scouting mission against Confederate forces in December 1861.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 7
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