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Thomas J. Newsham, January 1, 1862
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE U. S. FORCES, , Paducah, Ky., January 1, 1862. SIR: Under the sanction of General Smith, given on the night of the — 28th of December, 1861,…
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Thomas L. Crittenden to James B. Fry, January 3, 1862
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, Calhoun, Ky., January 3, 1862. CAPTAIN: I now inclose you the report of Major Murray of the affair at Sacramento.* You will see from Major Murray’s report…
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General Buell, December 30, 1861
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, Calhoun, Ky., December 30, 1861. GENERAL: In the fight just beyond SRE due we lost 8 killed and 8, perhaps 13, captured. ‘ Over 400 rebel cavalry…
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James B. Fry to Captain Bacon, December 29, 1861
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, Calhoun, Ky., December 29, 1861. CAPTAIN: I regret to inform you that on yesterday, as a command of from a reconnaissance, they were pursued and surprised by…
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Robert H. Chilton to Humphrey Marshall, January 24, 1862
Richmond Richmond, January 24, 1862. General HUMPHREY MARSHALL: i Fall back to Pound Gap and report dispositions there made. Letter will go by Captain Wade, i S. COOPER, Adjutant and…
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Humphrey Marshall to J. R. Brown, January 24, 1862
HEADQUARTERS BIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, Camp Buell, January 24, 1862. Lieut. Col. J. R. BROWN, Fourteenth Regiment Kentucky Volunteers : SIR: You are ordered to take command of a detachment of 130…
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James A. Garfield to McLaughlin, January 6, 1862
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, Mouth of Muddy Branch, January 6, 1862. Major McLAUGHLIN, Commanding Squadron Cavalry: DEAR SiR: Information has just been received that the enemy has broken up his camp…
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James A. Garfield to J. J. Hoffman, January 5, 1862
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, Camp Pardee, January 5, 1862. Maj. J. J. HOFFMAN, Commanding Squadron Second Virginia Cavalry: DEAR SIR: Your messenger has just arrived (11 o’clock p. m.) with your…
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James A. Garfield to Jacob Heaton, January 5, 1862
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, Camp Pardee, January 5, 1862. Capt. JAcoB HEATON, Acting Assistant Commissary Subsistence : DEAR SIR: My messenger has just returned, bringing your dispatches.* I am exceedingly grateful…
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James A. Garfield to Jacob D. Cox, January 5, 1862
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, Camp Pardee, January 5, 1862. Brig. Gen. J. D. Cox, Commanding Division of Kanawha: DEAR SIR: I am now within 5 miles of Paintsville. The main force…
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Sa Garfield to P. Bunker, January 5, 1862
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, Camp Pardee, January 5, 1862. Capt. P. BUNKER, Commanding Post, Louisa, Ky. : DEAR SIR: Your report of yesterday, containing an intercepted letter of Dr. Shelton, is…
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James A. Garfield to Jonathan Cranor, January 3, 1862
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, Tons CELER, January 3, 1862. Col JONATHAN CRANOR, — – ; 4 Commanding Forticth Ohio Volunteers : DEAR SIR: My messenger, who was sent to you, did…
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Unknown to Jonathan Cranor, December 28, 1861
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, i Georges Creek, December 28, 1861. Col. JONATHAN CRANOR, Commanding Fortieth Ohio Volunteers: DEAR SIR: We now have reached a point from which we can begin to…
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James A. Garfield to James B. Fry, January 30, 1862
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, Camp Buell, Paintsville, Ky., January 30, 1862. Sir: On the 24th instant I sent out two detachments, one of 150 infantry, which has just returned from the…
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James A. Garfield to Citizens of the Sandy Valley, January 16, 1862
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, Paintsville, Ky., January 16, 1862. Citizens of the Sandy Valley: I have come among you to restore the honor of the Union, and to bring back the…
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James A. Garfield to James B. Fry, January 17, 1862
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, Camp Buell, Paintsville, Ky., January 17, 1862. DEAR SIR: In my last report to you reasons were given why I did not move forward to Prestonburg with…
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James A. Garfield to James B. Fry, January 14, 1862
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, Camp Buell, Paintsville, January 14, 1862. DEAR SIR: At the date of my last report (January 8) I was preparing to pursue the enemy. The transportation of…
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James A. Garfield to James B. Fry, January 8, 1862
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, Paintsville, Ky., January 8, 1862. DEAR SIR: On Sunday, January 5, I drove in several small scouting parties of the enemy, killing 1 of them. On Monday,…
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James A. Garfield to James B. Fry, January 4, 1862
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH DRIGADE, Camp Pardee, January 4, 1862. DEAR SIR: Shortly after the date of my last report to you, of December 26, I received intelligence that the enemy had…
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James A. Garfield to James B. Fry, December 26, 1861
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, Georges Creek, December 26, 1861. Sir: I advanced from Louisa on the 23d instant, with nine companies of the Forty-second Ohio, three companies of the Fourteenth Kentucky,…