Letter
James B. Fry to Curran Pope, December 2, 1861
Louisville, Ky.
Louisville, Ky., December 2, 1861.
Col. CURRAN POPE, Commanding Fifteenth Regiment, Kentucky Volunteers :
SIR: The general’commanding has placed upon you the responsibility of guarding against all injury, whether through neglect or design, the railroad and turnpike bridge at and near New Haven, and also the railroad bridge over the Bushy Fork of Salt River and the turnpike bridge over Rolling Fork in advance of New Haven.*
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES B. FRY,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Louisville, Ky.. Summary: James B. Fry instructs Colonel Curran Pope to safeguard key railroad and turnpike bridges near New Haven, Kentucky, against damage or sabotage 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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