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46,149 lettersCincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio, November 14, 1862. Brig. Gen. GEORGE W. MorGAN, Gallipolis, Ohio: Remain with your command at Gallipolis or Point Pleasant till further orders. Certain reported movements in…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE OHBIO, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 14, 1862. Brigadier-General CARTER, Point Pleasant, Va.: Bring with you all the artillery of your command. You will, however, await further orders…
Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio, November 14, 1862. Brig. Gen. J. T. BOYLE, Oommanding, Louisville, Ky. : GENERAL: The letter from the medical director’s office in Louisville, dated the 9th instant,…
CINCINNATI CINCINNATI, November 14, 1862. General ROSECRANS: Three regiments of infantry, one of cavalry, and four pieces of artillery will reach Campbellsville to-day and Columbia to-morrow or next day. The…
DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, November 14, 1862. No. 16. Nashville, Tenn., November 14, 1862. The following orders, relating to the reception of a flag of truce, are given for the…
HEADQUARTERS FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS, November 15, 1862. November 15, 1862. General Negley will please call at headquarters and explain on what grounds he rests his belief that the information within…
HEADQUARTERS, Nashville, Tenn. HEADQUARTERS, Nashville, Tenn., November 14, 1862. General ROSECRANS : DEAR Sir: Permit me to give you the following positive information, viz: Forrest, with 1,200 to 1,500 cavalry…
GALLATIN GALLATIN, November 14, 1862. Colonel KENNETT: In compliance with orders from General Fry, I have now on the way two regiments of infantry and a battery, to support you…
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES FOROES, Gallatin, November 14, 1862. Colonel KENNETT, Commanding Cavalry, Hartsville : COLONEL: Your dispatch has just come to hand. I will forward it immediately to the general…
DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, November 14, 1862. November 14, 1862—1 p. m. Col. JOHN KENNETT, Commanding Cavalry Division : COLONEL: The general directs me to inform you that he has…
DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, November 14, 1862. November 14, 1862—11 a. m. Colonel KENNETT, Commanding Cavalry Division : COLONEL: Your three dispatches in relation to the occupation of Lebanon are…
HEADQUARTERS FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION, Hartsville, November 14, 1862—6 a. m.. General THOMAS: We are ordered to leave for Lebanon. We cannot do it until the regiment of infantry ordered here,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Nashville, November 14, 1862. Major-General THomAs, Gallatin : If you have not communication with Crittenden, open it rapidly. Rumors from that direction. Answer immediately. By…
HEADQUARTERS FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Nashville, November 14, 1862. I wish you would select the best locality in your neighborhood for covering that angle of the railroad by a regiment—the headquarters…
HEADQUARTERS, Gallatin, November 14, 1862. Major-General ROSECRANS: A dispatch from Colonel Kennett, just received, states that one of his scouts had just returned from Lebanon, and tells him that Morgan…
DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Silver Springs, November 14, 1862. Major-General THOMAS, Commanding Center: GENERAL: The inclosed note has been this moment received. As I had been ordered to send Colonel…
DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, November 14, 1862. November 14, 1862—10 a. m. COLONEL: I send down this morning, under the escort of the Twentysixth Kentucky Regiment, numbering about 200 men,…
DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, November 13, 1862. No. 13. Nashville, Tenn., November 13, 1862. I. Lieut. Col. Julius P. Garesché, assistant adjutant-general, having reported for duty, is announced as chief…
GALLATIN GALLATIN, November 13, 1862. General ROSECRANS: Have not been able to see Mr. Anderson yet. Went to the tunnel this morning; northern tunnel clear; south tunnel, General Steedman thinks,…
HEADQUARTERS FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Nashville, November 13, 1862. Major-General THomAS, Gallatin : Send one regiment of infantry and one section of artillery to Colonel Kennett, at Hartsville. Is the Michigan…