Letter
Geo. E. Flynt to W. A. Hoskins, November 29, 1861
HEADQUARTERS,
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,
GEO. E. FLYNT,
Assistant .Adjutant-General.
COLUMBIA, K. Y., November 29, 1861.
(Received November 30, 1861.)
Assistant .Adjutant-General.
COLUMBIA, K. Y., November 29, 1861.
(Received November 30, 1861.)
General GEORGE H. THOMAS:
I received a dispatch before day this morning from Burkesville that of them crossed over and went to Boles', saw and arranged with him and
his partners for the slaughter of hogs, 'and returned. The courier informed me that the men who are acting for the rebels are killing and
packing a large number of hogs at Burkesville, viz, J. B. Alexander, J.
I received a dispatch before day this morning from Burkesville that of them crossed over and went to Boles', saw and arranged with him and
his partners for the slaughter of hogs, 'and returned. The courier informed me that the men who are acting for the rebels are killing and
packing a large number of hogs at Burkesville, viz, J. B. Alexander, J.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Lebanon. Summary: George E. Flynt informs Colonel W. A. Hoskins that General Schoepf is advancing with infantry and artillery toward Camp Hoskins and relays intelligence about rebel forces slaughtering hogs at Burkesville.
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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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