A. Schoepf to Dbrigadier- General, December 5, 1861
December 5, 1861.
December 5, 1861â8 a. m. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Eastern Division :
GENERAL: Colonel Bradley, of the Thirty-eighth Ohio, reported to me that he has only 40 rounds of ammunition. In my position, without ammunition, L could not sus! ain myself, being almost certain the enemy is going to make the attempt to cross.
I may be wrong, but I ordered the Tennessee brigade under General Carter to join me, he being the nearest.
Mr. Smith, father of one of the officers in Colonel Hoskinsâ regiment, came from the enemyâs camp and contirms all I reported to you.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Dbrigadier- General.
P. S.âI just now learned from two reliable men that the enemy has
been re-enforced by two additional Mississippi rifle regiments ; they are
vepresented to be in first-rate order with regard to clothing and arms.