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46,149 lettersWashington Washington, December 8, 1861. General GEoRGE H. THOMAS: GENERAL: I have your letter of the 23d ultimo.* The same mail brought other letters, giving me sad accounts of that…
HEADQUARTERS, Louisville HEADQUARTERS, Louisville, December 8, 1861. (Received Lebanon, December 8, 1861.) General THOMAS: The affairs at Somerset are annoying, but I do not intend to be diverted more than…
HEADQUARTERS, Somerset HEADQUARTERS, Somerset, December 7, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H, THOMAS, Commanding Eastern Division : GENERAL: In my communication stating that I had ordered the Tennessee regiments to re-enforce…
Lebanon, Ky. Lebanon, Ky., December 7, 1861. Capt. J. B. Fry, ‘ Asst. Adjt. Gen., U. S. Army, Dept. Hdqrs., Louisville, Ky. : OAPTAIN: The present state of affairs in…
Washington Washington, December 7, 1861. General D. C. BvELL: We have just had interviews with the President and General MeClellan, and find they eoneur fully with us in respect to…
HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE, Camp Calvert, Ky., December 6, 1861. (Received December 9, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding, dec., Lebanon : GENERAL: The orders received last night from…
HEADQUARTERS, Louisville, Ky., December 6, 1861. (Received, Lebanon December 6, 1861.) General THOMAS: Send no more re-enforcements to General Schoepf until you report to me; his force was sufficient at…
HEADQUARTERS HEADQUARTERS, December 6, 1861. General THOMAS : Telegraph General Schoepf’s letter. Does he ask for re-enforcements ? Can the troops at London go directly to Somerset ? D. €.…
HEADQUARTERS, Somerset HEADQUARTERS, Somerset, December 6, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Eastern Division : GENERAL: The enemy have crossed the Cumberland, as near as Tean learn, with four…
HEADQUARTERS CAMP GOGGIN, December 5, 1861. December 5, 1861—12 m. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Eastern Division : GENERAL: Ileft this place this morning in company with Captain Prime,…
HEADQUARTERS CAMP GOGGIN, December 5, 1861. December 5, 1861—8 a. m. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Eastern Division : GENERAL: Colonel Bradley, of the Thirty-eighth Ohio, reported to me that…
CAMP CALVERT, Ky. CAMP CALVERT, Ky., December 4, 1861. (Received December 6, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding, &e., Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL: As I had heard nothing from you…
Cairo Cairo, December 3, 1861. Capt. J. C. KELTON, Saint Lowis, Mo. : By orders from the Governor of this State two-regiments of troops have been sent to Shawneetown. One…
Lebanon, Ey. Lebanon, Ey., December 3, 1861. Brig. Gen. S. P. CARTER, Commanding at London, Ky.: GENERAL: Yours of November 28 has been received. The information which we have of…
Lebanon, Ky. Lebanon, Ky., December 3, 1861. Col. T. E. BRAMLETTE, Commanding at Columbia, Ky.: COLONEL: I have just received yours of the 2d, inclosing Mr. Leverage’s statement of the…
HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE, Camp Calvert, near London, Ky., November 21, 1861. DEAR SIR: The copy of Evening Star received this evening assures me you have not forgotten me. y…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE OBIO, Louisville, Ky., December 2, 1861. Colonel WARNER, Commanding Regiment Kentucky Volunteers : ` SIR: The general commanding has placed upon you the responsibility of guarding…
Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky., December 2, 1861. Col. CURRAN POPE, Commanding Fifteenth Regiment, Kentucky Volunteers : SIR: The general’commanding has placed upon you the responsibility of guarding against all injury,…
Lowisville, Ky. Lowisville, Ky., December 2, 1861. SIR: The general commanding directs that you establish your regiment at or near the town of Prestonburg, with a view of giving security…
Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky., December 2, 1861. SIR: The general commanding NT you to the command of the post of Lebanon. Itwill be your r duty to guard the army…