Orlando B. Willcox to Ambrose E. Burnside, August 12, 1863
General BURNSIDE, Lexington, Ky. : The following communication was received from Cairo this morning: iL. Richmond, Assistant Adjutant-General : I have the honor to report that I have just arrived at this place, with the Seventyninth New York Volunteers. My command is all up the river except the Eighth Michigan, which is on its way. General Parke will reach here in a few days. My command is so much enfeebled by sickness, brought on by the arduous duties of the past two months, that I would respectfully recommend that they be encamped on some healthy location that they may recuperate their exhausted energies. I have been very ill myself since leaving Snyder’s Bluff, and shall be obliged to remain at this point until I can gain sufficient strength to proceed farther. I have reported to ase ue apr cone) t gale at this place. ery respect: i (oT ges THOS. WELSH, Brigadier-General. W. P. ANDERSON, Assistant Adjutant-General. 2 R R—VOL XXX, PT Ill CINCINNATI, August 12, 1863. Lieutenant-Colonel CoALE, Cairo: The general wishes the troops of General Potter’s division turned off at Seymour, to go by the way of Louisville to Lebanon, Ky.; that is, if they are not at this time on this side of Seymour ; if they are, they can come on. Please let me know at once where they are, and if they have started ; turn them if not too late. LEWIS Richmond, Assistant Adjutant-General. ; Cairo, August 12, 1863. Major-General BURNSIDE : Fifty-first New York and Thirty-fifth Massachusetts, 760 in all, left at half-past 6 this evening. JNO. H. COALE, Lieutenant-Colonel. CINCINNATI, August 12, 1863, General BURNSIDE, Lexington : The following troops of the Ninth ead 43 are on their way from Cairo : Twenty-seventh Michigan, Forty-fifth Pennsylvania, Thirtysixth Massachusetts, Edwards’ battery, Phillips’ battery. Down tonight. The Second, Seventeenth, and Twentieth Michigan are here; will go down to-morrow. LEWIS Richmond, Assistant Adjutant-General. INDIANAPOLIS, August 12, 1863. Major-General BURDSIDE : Your dispatch received. Just returned from Cincinnati, where I hoped to see you on several points. The Michigan sharpshooters, ou will remember, are in Michigan for some purpose. In regard to Doventeeted Indiana, I will make as speedy arrangements as possible to hold them at your service, but I have 3,200 prisoners to guard, and the provost-marshal is constantly demanding troops. Nearly 200 now out of the Seventy-first on other duty. The regiment is also making arrangements to get mounted. The carbines, &c., have been epee and are now on the way for them. General Ammen calls to-day for 150 men in Illinois. I cannot send at present. Would not the Seventy-first answer your purpose better after it is mounted ? I will make every arrangement for emergencies and get along here with as little as possible. Please answer with regard to Seventy-first.
O. B. WILLCOX,