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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS, Somerset, Ky., December 27, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Division, &c., Lebanon, Ky. : GENERAL: I have sent out small parties for the last two days before…
CoLUMBIA, Ky. CoLUMBIA, Ky., December 26, 1861. E (Received December 27, 1861.) General GEORGE H. THOMAS: The section of artillery under command of Lieutenant Nell was forwarded this morning, as…
Lowisville, Ky. Lowisville, Ky., December 25, 1861. Hon. R. C. WICKLIFFE, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.: DEAR SIR: I have received your letter of the 19th instant, inclosing the…
HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH BRIGADE, Somerset, December 23, 1861. (Received December 25, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky. : GENERAL: Captain Fry, Company F, Second Regiment East…
CoLUMBIA, Ky. CoLUMBIA, Ky., December 23, 1861. (Received December 25, 1861.) General GEORGE H. THOMAS: The enemy is closing in upon us; his pickets are near us in three directions,…
Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky., December 23, 1861. General LORENZO THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Arm y, Washington, D. C.: SIR: Some explanation of the condition of things here will enable the…
Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky., December 22, 1861. General THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Lebanon: SIR: Acting Brigadier-General Carter reports that by your orders it is forbidden to receive fugitive slaves into…
HEADQUARTERS, Somerset, Ky., December 21, 1861. (Received December 24, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL: Since my last nothing of interest has occurred. The…
HEADQUARTERS, Lebanon, Ky., December 21, 1861. Brig. Gen. ALBIN SCHOFPF, Commanding at Somerset, JCy. : GENERAL: Yours of the 18th was received: yesterday. When you reported to me some days…
HEADQUARTERS, Somerset, Ky., December 19, 1861. – (Received December 25, 1801.) Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky. : GENERAL: To-day has passed without anything worthy of note. I have seen nothing…
Cairo Cairo, December 18, 1861. CAPTAIN: A man sent by me to Columbus, Ky., and who spent sev- ‘eral days there, and also a man who deserted this morning from…
HDQRS. TWELFTH REGIMENT KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS, December 18, 1861. December 18, 1861. GENERAL: To-day I took six of my companies and one section of Captain Hewett’s battery and proceeded in the…
HEADQUARTERS, Somerset, Ky., December 17, 1861. (Received December 20, 1861.) Commanding First Division, Dept. of the Ohio, Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL: Since my last nothing of interest has occurred. Colonel Hoskins’…
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH BRIGADE, Columbia, December 17, 1861. Brigadier-General THOMAS, , Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky. : GENERAL: General Boyle directs me to say that the pickets from near the Cumberland…
LEBANON LEBANON, December 16, 1861. General BUELL: Latest news from General Schoepf, December 12, just received. Enemy encamped at mouth of Fishing Creek. He thinks they can be captured by…
HEADQUARTERS, Louisville HEADQUARTERS, Louisville, December 15, 1861. (Received, Lebanon, December 15, 1861.) General THOMAS: I want more frequent and accurate information from Somerset. Direct General Schoepf to communicate with you…
HEADQUARTERS, Somerset, Ky. HEADQUARTERS, Somerset, Ky., December 14, 1861. (Received December 18, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL: Since my last communication things have…
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH BRIGADE, Columbia, Ky., December 13, 1861. (Received December 14, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL: The people,even the good Union people, circulate…
HEADQUARTERS, Somerset, Ky., December 12, 1861. (Received December 16, 1861.) Commanding Division, Lebanon: GENERAL: Having obtained much information relative to the face of the adjacent country, its roads, streams, and…
HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH BRIGADE, Near Somerset, Ky., December 12, 1861. (Received December 16, 1861.) Capt. GEORGE E. FLYNT, Assistant Adjutant-General, First Division, Lebanon, Ky.: CAPTAIN: Since my arrival at this place…