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46,149 lettersCAMP WILDCAT CAMP WILDCAT, September 29, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Camp Dick Robinson: Colonel Wolford came into camp bringing with him the Home Guard under Colonel Brown. The enemy…
CINCINNATI, Ohio CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 28, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General: On the 26th instant, at the request of General Anderson and the Kentucky legislature, my own judgment…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Louisville, Ky., September 28, 1861. General O. M. MITCHEL, este Commanding U. S. Forces, Cincinnati, Ohio : DEAR SIR: I have had as full a…
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Paducah, Ky., September 28, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the West, Saint Louis, Mo. : General Frémont’s letter of September 26 just received. The gunboat…
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Paducah, Ky., September 28, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the West, Saint Louis, Mo. : Intimations from various quarters are that this place is…
HEADQUARTERS, MULDRAUGH’S HILL; KENTUCKY, September 27, 1861. : September 27, 1861. SIR: When I left Louisvillein the ears, in charge of the Home Guard, followed by Rousseau’s brigade, I understood…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Louisville, Ky., September 27, 1861. J. J. ANDERSON, Esq. : SIR: Your letter asking for information with regard to the meaning of General Anderson’s proclamation*…
WAR DEPARTMENT WAR DEPARTMENT, August 29, 1861. Lieut. W. NELSON, U. S. N., Camp Dick Robinson, near Bryantsville, Ky. : SIR: Understanding that you may need 600 mules of the…
MAYSVILLE, KY. MAYSVILLE, KY., September 26, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Camp Dick Robinson, Bryantsville : i DEAR SIR: I inclose herewith a copy of the instructions under which I…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Louisville, Ky., September 26, 1861. GENERAL: The general directs me to say that, as the ten days of the Home Guard will expire on Saturday…
CAMP ROBERT ANDERSON CAMP ROBERT ANDERSON, September 25, 1861. General GEORGE H. Tuomas: I went to Frankfort. The enemy came not. Iam now back and ready for action. The measles…
FRANKFORT FRANKFORT, September 24, 1861. I send by express some grape and canister. I believe you are in as much danger at Lexington as here. General Thomas, I hope, wil!…
FRANKFORT, Ky. FRANKFORT, Ky., September 23, 1861. Colonel BRAMLETTE: x The capital is thought to be in danger. Send down to-night 300 men immediately after the train gets in; they…
FRANKFORT, Ky. FRANKFORT, Ky., September 23, 1861. Dispatch from New Castle, stating that Humphrey Marshall, at head of 1,000 cavalry, in Owen; supposed to be moving on to Frankfort. Hold…
ESTILL SPRINGS ESTILL SPRINGS, September 23, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, : Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Commanding Camp Robinson : DEAR SIR: Yours of the 23d instant, directing me to…
“HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Louisville, Ky., September 23, 1861. Commanding Camp Dick Robinson : GENERAL: By the direction of the general I write to say that for the present…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Louisville, Ky., September 22, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Camp Dick Robinson : GENERAL: Your two notes of September 20* have been received.…
Cairo, Ill. Cairo, Ill., September 22, 1861. Capt. A. H. FOOTE, : Commanding Naval Forces Western Waters, Cairo, TU. : In pursuance of telegraphic instructions received from headquarters Western Department,…
A HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT, September 22, 1861. : ; Saint Louis, September 22, 1861.. A. LINCOLN, President, Washington : 3 Your dispatch received. I have immediately ordered Captain Foote with…
CINCINNATI, Ohio CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 20, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Camp Robinson, Ky. : DEAR Sir: I commenced the shipment of wagons to you, and before I had…