Dispatch
O. F. Smith to Assistant Adjutant-General, November 30, 1861
PADUCAH, Ky.
PADUCAH, Ky., November 30, 1861.
ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL: Enemy, 600 to 1,000 strong, reported in camp at Caseyville, with intention to attack. I have sent three companies and a howitzer to Cave in Rock; also the Conestoga, as circumstances may require.
O. F. SMITH,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: PADUCAH, Ky.. Summary: Brigadier-General O. F. Smith reports a potential enemy attack near Caseyville, Kentucky, and dispatches troops, artillery, and the Conestoga steamboat to reinforce defenses.
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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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