Letter
C. F. Smith, January 28, 1862
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES FORCES,
Paducah, Ky., January 28, 1862.
SIR:
I transmit herewith an itinerary of the recent march of this
. command, which ought to have accompanied my report of yesterday. I
spoke of the march from Fulton—the terminus of the railway from this place to the State line—to Union City as 35 miles. It is only 11 miles. From Fulton to the Mobile and Ohio Railway by the State line is 8 miles. It is the same distance from Fulton to the Nashville and Northwestern Railway. See accompanying sketch.*
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
: C. F. SMITH,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
The ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL,
Headquarters District of Cairo, Cairo, I.
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
The ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL,
Headquarters District of Cairo, Cairo, I.
[Inelosure.]
. Journal of the march of the First and Second Brigades of the United
States forces from Paducah, Ky., to Callaway, on the Tennessee River,
and back.
. Journal of the march of the First and Second Brigades of the United
States forces from Paducah, Ky., to Callaway, on the Tennessee River,
and back.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Paducah, Ky.. Summary: Brigadier General C. F. Smith corrects mileage details and transmits an itinerary of the recent march of Union forces from Paducah, Kentucky, to Callaway on the Tennessee River during the Civil War.
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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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