Dispatch
James B. Fry to Charles F. Smith, November 22, 1861
Saint Louis
Saint Louis, November 22, 1861.
Brig. Gen. C. F. SMITH, Commanding, do., at Paducah, Ky.: It is reported that Goral Hardee, with 8,000 men, is about to cross the Ohio between the Wabash and Cumberland, to destroy the Ohio and Mississippi and the Illinois Central Railroad. Others say that he is to be re-enforced by General Polk and attack Paducah. Keep me advised of the enemy’s movements. H. W. HALLECK, Major-General. LOUISVILLE, November 22, 1861—8.15 p. m. (Received November 23, 1861—8.30 a. m.) General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Danville : If the regiments at London have not started to move by the time you can communicate with them, order them to remain at London. By eommand of General Buell:
+ JAMES B. FRY,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Saint Louis. Summary: James B. Fry relays urgent intelligence about Confederate troop movements threatening key railroads and Paducah, Kentucky, instructing Brig. Gen. C. F. Smith to monitor and report enemy activity.
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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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