Letter
Albin F. Schoepf to George H. Thomas, December 5, 1861
HEADQUARTERS CAMP GOGGIN,
December 5, 1861.
December 5, 1861—8 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 Hoskins’ regiment, came from the enemy’s camp and contirms all I reported to you.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
A. SCHOEPF,
Dbrigadier-General.
P. S.—I just now learned from two reliable men that the enemy has
been re-enforced by two additional Mississippi rifle regiments ; they are
Dbrigadier-General.
P. S.—I 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.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Summary: Brigadier General A. Schoepf urgently requests reinforcements and ammunition from General George H. Thomas, reporting enemy troop movements and imminent crossing attempts near Camp Goggin 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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