Letter
James B. Fry to Duffield, December 2, 1861
Louisville, Ky.
Louisville, Ky., December 2, 1861.
Colonel DUFFIELD,
SIR: The general commanding assigns you to the command of the post and field work at the mouth of Salt River. It will be your duty to hold the field works at the Salt River crossing and the turnpike towards Elizabethtown and to guard the army supplies which may be at the post.*
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES B. FRY,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE Ohio,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE Ohio,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Louisville, Ky.. Summary: James B. Fry assigns Colonel Duffield to command and defend the Salt River crossing and nearby supply post in Kentucky 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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