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46,149 lettersSomerset, Ky., December 19, 1861. GENERAL: To-day has passed without anything worthy of note. I have seen nothing and heard nothing of the enemy. One of my regiments is scouting…
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH BRIGADE, Columbia, December 19, 1861. Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL:* * * * AsfarasIcan ascertain, there is no certainty that Zollicoffer is on the other side of…
Cairo, December 18, 1861. Capt. J. C. KELTON, ` 4 Asst. Adjt. Gen., Dept. of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: CAPTAIN: A man sent by me to Columbus, Ky., and…
December 18, 1861. Brig. Gen. ALBIN SCHOEPF: GENERAL: To-day I took six of my companies and one section of 3 Captain Hewettâs battery and proceeded in the direction of Waits-…
HEADQUARTERS, Somerset, Ky., December 18, 1861. (Received December 20, 1861.) General GEORGE H. THOMAS, : Commanding First Division, Lebanon: GENERAL: In my communication of yesterday I suggested that I intended…
Columbia, December 18, 1861. (Received December 19, 1861.) Brigadier-General THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Department of the Ohio: GENERAL: General Boyle directs me to say that the rebels are plundering and…
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH BRIGADE, Columbia, December 18, 1861. (Received December 19, 1861.) Brigadier-General THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Department of the Ohio: GENERAL: General Boyle directs me to say that the rebels…
Somerset, Ky., December 17, 1861. (Received December 20, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, y Commanding First Division, Dept. of the Ohio, Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL: Since my last nothing of…
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 are in, and…
Columbia, Ky., December 17, 1861. Brizadier- General THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Lebanon; âKy-s GENERAL: General Boyle is very unwell, od directs me to inform you that nothing important has oceurred…
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 the most devilish…
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH BRIGADE, Columbia, December 13, 1861. (Received December 14, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL: Since I wrote you my scouts have returned,…
Columbia, Ky., December 13, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Headquarters Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL: I inclose note from Colonel Haggard. See it; read it. Send me two…
Somerset, Ky., December 12, 1861. (Received December 16, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, ETN Commanding Division, Lebanon: GENERAL: Having obtained much information relative to the face of the adjacent…
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 I have received…
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 is just received and acted upon.…
Columbia, Ky., December 12, 1861. General THOMAS, U. $. A., Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL: Ihave kept scouts in the direction of Glasgow and Edmonton, and yesterday morning my…
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 exceed 7,500. They…
December 10, 1861. Columbia, Ky, te December 10, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Headquarters, Lebanon, Ky.: SIR: My scouts sent out yesterday at noon, under Captain Owens, of Colonel…
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH BRIGADE, Columbia, Ky., December 9, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS: DEAR SIR: I learn from Judge Green, of Russell, a most reliable citizen and truly loyal, that the…