John Boyle to Canar. XVIL] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.âUNION, 495, December 12, 1861
Columbia, Ky., December 12, 1861.
Brigadier-General THOMAS, Commanding First Division:
GENERAL: General Boyle directs me to say your dispatch and order of 11th instant is just received and acted upon. A force is detailed to commence the work immediately.
The general further directs me to say that reliable information, obtained from various sources, reports the enemy’s cavalry, 500 strong, on this side the Cumberland River, at Creelsborough and Rowena. They have seized many citizens and one sick soldier of Colonel Wolford’s command.
On receipt of the news last night the general ordered LieutenantColonel Letcher, with a portion of Colonel Wo!ford”s cavalry remaining here and à portion of Haggard’s regiment, to march to Creelsborough and Rowena, Colonel Wolford, who had advanced to Williams’, according to your orders, was sent down to co-operate with Letcher, and Colonel Haggard, who was conveying a large party of Tennesseeans from Burkesville to this place, was also ordered in that direction.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Acting Assistant Adjutant- General.
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u 1 A r LEBANON, December 12, 1861.
_ Dispatch from General Boyle just received. His spy sent to Mill