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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS, 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…
Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky., December 2, 1861. Colonel DUFFIELD, SIR: The general commanding assigns you to the command of the post and field work at the mouth of Salt River.…
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Paducah, Ky., December 1, 1861. To the ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.:” Sin: The letter of the major-general commanding the department,…
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Paducah, Ky., November 30, 1861. To the ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the Missouri, Saint Lowis, Mo. : SIR: A very intelligent person employed by me…
PADUCAH, Ky. PADUCAH, Ky., November 30, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL: Enemy, 600 to 1,000 strong, reported in camp at Caseyville, with intention to attack. I have sent three companies and a…
HEADQUARTERS, Lebanon, November 29, 1861. Col. W. A. HOSKINS, Commanding Camp Hoskins, near Somerset, Ky.: COLONEL: In the absence of the commanding general I have opened your dispatch of the…
LOUISVILLE LOUISVILLE, November 29, 1861. General THOMAS: I have a communication from General Boyle; he will speak to you on the subject. I don’t expect Zollicoffer to cross the Cumberland…
Washington Washington, November 29, 1861. General BUELL: Your letter received. I fully approve of your course and agree in your views. McCLELLAN, Washington, Monday night [November 29, 1861]. My DEAR…
Camp JERRY BOYLE Camp JERRY BOYLE, November 28, 1861. (Received November 29, 1861.) General THOMAS: GENERAL: There is no doubt that Zollicoffer, with 8,000 men, is in Clinton and Wayne,…