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17,141 lettersColumbia, Ky. Columbia, Ky., December 12, 1861. General WARD, Near Green River Bridge: GENERAL: General Boyle directs me to write that your communication is received, and, should occasion demand, notice…
HDQRS. ELEVENTH BRIGADE, U. S. VOLUNTEERS, Columbia, Ky., December 12, 1861. Brigadier-General THOMAS, Commanding First Division: GENERAL: General Boyle directs me to say your dispatch and order of 11th instant…
HDQRS. ELEVENTH BRIGADE, U. S. VOLUNTEERS, Columbia, Ky., December 12, 1861. General THOMAS, U. $. A., Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL: Ihave kept scouts in the direction of Glasgow…
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH BRIGADE, Columbia, December 11, 1861. (Received December 12, 1861.) General THOMAS, U. S. A., Commanding Division, Lebanon, Ky.: SIR: I am fully satisfied General Zollieoffer’s forces do not…
LEBANON LEBANON, December 11, 1861. General D. €. BUELL: General Boyle believes the enemy will advance on Columbia by the Somerset road. They are infantry, artillery, and cavalry. He believes…
HEADQUARTERS HEADQUARTERS, December 11, 1861. (Received Lebanon, December 11, 1861.) General THOMAS: Does General Boyle report the enemy advancing on Columbia? At what place or on what road are they?…
Camp NEVIN Camp NEVIN, December 11, 1861. Capt. OLIVER D. GREENE, Assistant Adjutant-General: Iam all right and safe here. A return would almost be disastrous to my division unless some…
Camp Woop, Bacon Creek Camp Woop, Bacon Creek, December 11, 1861. Capt. J. B. Fry, Assistant Adjutant-General, Chief of Staff: I wish authority to call upon Colonel Turchin’s force, if…
JAMESTOWN, Ky. JAMESTOWN, Ky., December 9, 1861. Col. T. E. BRAMLETTE, Columbia, Ky. : DEAR COLONEL: I have the following facts reliable, viz: Zollicoffer’s forces are all across Cumberland River,…
HDQRS. ELEVENTH BRIGADE, U. S. VOLUNTEERS, December 10, 1861. Columbia, Ky, te December 10, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Headquarters, Lebanon, Ky.: SIR: My scouts sent out yesterday at…
SOMERSET, Ky. SOMERSET, Ky., December 9, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Eastern Division, Kentucky : GENERAL: Yours of the 7th is at hand. In a hasty note of…
Louisa, K. Y., VIA MAYSVILLE Louisa, K. Y., VIA MAYSVILLE, December 9, 1861. General BUELL, HERES I have pliable information that the secessionists are 4,000 strong in ‘ Prestonburg, Ky.,…
Washington 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. €.…