Order

[james B. Fry,] to D. €. BUELL, Louisville, December 2, 1861

December 2, 1861.

No. 19. Louisville, Ky., December 2, 1861. The following organization of divisions will be observed until further orders :

First División. Second Division. Brig. Gen. G. H. THoMas, commanding. Brig. Gen. A. McD. McCook, commanding. 1st Brigade. 4th Brigade. 2d Brigade. 5th Brigade. 3d Brigade. 6th Brigade. 11th Brigade. . 7th Brigade. 12th Brigade. 2d Kentucky Cavalry (Board’s). 1st Kentucky Cavalry (Wolford’s). Stone’s battery. Battery B, Ohio. Cotter’s battery. Battery C; Ohio. Mueller’s battery. Hewett’s (Kentucky) battery. Squadron Indiana Cavalry, Captain — Indiana Cavalry (squadron). Graham.

* Detailed instructions omitted.

Third Division. Fifth Division. Brig. Gen. O. M. MITCHEL, commanding. Brig. Gen. T. L. CRITTENDEN, command8th Brigade. ES ing. 9th eens. 13th Brigade. ^ — 17th Brigade. 14th Brigade. $ 3d Regiment Kentucky Cavalry (JackFourth Division. son’s). Brig. Gen. W. NELSON, commanding. —— Battery.

10th Brigade. 15th Brigade, 19th Brigade,

By command of Brigadier-General Buell:

[JAMES B. FRY,]
Assistant Adjutant- General.
WASHINGTON, December 3, 1861.
Brig. Gen. D. €. BUELL, Louisville :
My DEAR BUELL: I inelose two letters, which were referred to me by
the President and were intended for your eye. Ido so, feeling sure that
you sympathize with me in my intense regard for the noble Union men
of Eastern Tennessee; that yon will overlook all mere matters of form,

Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Summary: James B. Fry outlines the organizational structure and command assignments of Union divisions and brigades under Brigadier General Buell in the Department of the Ohio during December 1861.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 7 View original source ↗