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46,149 lettersHEADQUARTERS TWELFTH BRIGADE, Somerset, Ky., December 9, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Eastern Division, Lebanon: GENERAL: We arrived here this afternoon. On the forenoon of the 7th instant…
December 8, 1861. eee December 8, 1861. Capt. J. C. KELTON, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Dept. of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo: CAPTAIN: I have just got in a man who…
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 departmental headquarters require me…
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 first.…
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, Engineer Corps, to…
December 5, 1861. December 5, 1861â8 a. m. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Eastern Division : GENERAL: Colonel Bradley, of the Thirty-eighth Ohio, reported to me that he has only…
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 of…
HDQRS. EASTERN DIVISION, DEPT.:OF THE OHIO, Lebanon, Ky., December 3, 1861. Col. T. E. BRAMLETTE, Commanding at Columbia, Ky.: COLONEL: I have just received yours of the 2d, inclosing Mr.…
November 25, 1861. : Camp Calvert, November 25, 1861. Hon. HoRACE MAYNARD: My DEAR SIR: A day or two after I wrote you I received orders to break up at…
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. We are still here, together…
December 2, 1861. No. 19. Louisville, Ky., December 2, 1861. The following organization of divisions will be observed until further orders : First División. Second Division. Brig. Gen. G. H.…
Louisville, Ky., December 2, 1861. Colonel WARNER, Commanding Regiment Kentucky Volunteers : ` SIR: The general commanding has placed upon you the responsibility of guarding the line of railroad from…
Lowisville, Ky., December 2, 1861. Col. L. T. MOORE, Comdg. Fourteenth Regt. Ky. Vols., Catlettsburg, Ky. : SIR: The general commanding directs that you establish your regiment at or near…
Louisville, Ky., December 2, 1861. Col. E. H. Hopson, Comdg. Thir teenth Regt. Ky. Vols., Campbellsville, Ky. : SIR: The general commanding NT you to the command of the post…
Louisville, Ky., December 2, 1861. Colonel DUFFIELD, Comdg. Ninth Regt. Mich. Vols., Mouth of Salt River: SIR: The general commanding assigns you to the command of the post and field…
Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky., December 2, 1861. General S. P. CARTER, i Commanding Twelfth Brigade : SIR: It is the intention of the general commanding to keep your command in…
E Cairo, December 2, 1861. Capt. J. C. KELTON, Saint Louis, Mo.: Inclosed herewith I send you a letter from Colonel Ross on the subject of winter quarters, change of…
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, dated on the 26th…
November 29, 1861. Cairo, did November 29, 1861. Capt. J. C. KELTON, Saint Louis, Mo. : I have here two prisoners, arrested as spies, Who are undoubtedly guilty of thecharge.…
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 28th…