Letter

Geo. E. Flynt to George H. Thomas, November 29, 1861

Author

Geo. E. Flynt

Recipient

George H. Thomas

Date

November 29, 1861

Type

Letter

Lebanon, November 29, 1861.

Col. W. A. HOSKINS, Commanding Camp Hoskins, near Somerset, Ky.:

COLONEL: In the absence of the commanding general I have opened your dispatch of the 28th instant. The general will be here to-day, when your communication will be laid before him.

I will state, however, for your information that General Schoepf is moving towards your camp with nineteen companies of infantry and one battery of Ohio artillery, and will probably reach you as soon, or nearly so, as this communication.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Assistant .Adjutant- General.
COLUMBIA, KY., November 29, 1861.
(Received November 30, 1861.)
General GEORGE H. THOMAS:
I received a dispatch before day this morning from Burkesville that
200 rebel cavalry were at the ferry on the south side of the river; a few
of them crossed over and went to Bolesâ, saw and arranged with him and

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Lebanon. Summary: Geo. E. Flynt informs Col. Hoskins and General Thomas of General Schoepf's troop movements toward Camp Hoskins and reports rebel cavalry activity near Burkesville in November 1861.

Topics

1861 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 7 View original source ↗