Letter
McCook to James B. Fry, December 11, 1861
Camp Woop, Bacon Creek
Camp Woop, Bacon Creek, December 11, 1861.
Capt. J. B. Fry, Assistant Adjutant-General, Chief of Staff: I wish authority to call upon Colonel Turchin’s force, if necessary. Seventy-five rebel cavalry came up to Woodsonville at 5 a. m. this morning, got behind a house, and fired a volley. Our pickets returned it. The rebels fled. Hindman eneamped at Bear Wallow last night with 4,000 men. I will wateh him.
McCOOK.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Camp Woop, Bacon Creek. Summary: McCook requests authority to call on Colonel Turchin's forces while reporting a rebel cavalry skirmish near Woodsonville and noting Hindman's encampment of 4,000 men at Bear Wallow.
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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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