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46,149 lettersHDQRS. SECOND BRIGADE, — DIVISION, C. S. ARMY, Gainesborough, Tenn., September 1, 1862. GENERAL: I embrace the first leisure moment, after receiving reports from the different commanding officers of this…
DIVISION HEADQUARTERS, Camp Fogg, Tenn., February 13, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the engagement of January 19, near Fishing Creek, Pulaski County, Kentucky:…
Gainesborough, Tenn., January 29, 1862. SIR: I would most respectfully state that on the morning of the 19th of this month, at 12 o’clock, I moved from our intrenchments, on…
Monticello, Ky., January 20, 1862. SIR: On the night of the 18th (at 12 midnight) I moved my Prod from Beech Grove and attacked the enemy (in position about 9…
Beech Grove, Ky., January 18, 1862. Str: I am threatened by a superior force of the enemy in front, and finding it impossible to cross the river, I will have…
HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH, BRIGADE, Somerset, Ky., January 30, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the action of the First and Second Tennessee and Twelfth Kentucky…
Camp Hamilton, Ky., January 22, 1862. SIR: I have the honor herewith to submit my report of the part taken by the Second Minnesota Regiment in the action of the…
Somerset, Ky., February 3, 1862. field by the Second Minnesota Regiment, the others taken in the intrenchments by officers and men of the different regiments. Colonel Kise reports that his…
January 18, 1862. The following will be the order of march: General Zollicoffer: Fifteenth Mississippi in advance, LieutenantColonel Walthall; battery of four guns, Captain Rutledge; Nineteenth Tennessee, Colonel Cummings; Twentieth…
January 23, 1862. No. 4b. j Louisville, Ky., January 23, 1862. The general commanding has the gratification of announcing the achievement of an important victory, on the 19th instant, at…
December 29, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding First Division: GENERAL: I send you a sketch* of the country about Somerset, which gives more information in regard to roads than…
Louisville, Ky., February 9, 1862. Sim: I have the honor to transmit General Thomasâ report of the battle of Mill Springs, and to commend the services of his troops to…
Paducah, Ky., January 28, 1862. SIR: I transmit herewith an itinerary of the recent march of this . command, which ought to have accompanied my report of yesterday. I spoke…
Paducah, Ky., January 27, 1862. SIR: On the 25th instant I briefly reported my return on that day. The distance from Callaway to Aurora is by water about 3 miles,…
Cairo, Ill., January 24, 1862. Sig: Being in temporary command of this district, it becomes my duty to submit the following report of the expedition which left Cairo under. orders…
Paducah, Ky., January 1, 1862. SIR: Under the sanction of General Smith, given on the night of the â 28th of December, 1861, with a detachment consisting of 130 men…
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 Murrayâs report that the entire…
Calhoun, Ky., December 30, 1861. GENERAL: In the fight just beyond SRE due we lost 8 killed and 8, perhaps 13, captured. â Over 400 rebel cavalry surprised 168 of…
Calhoun, Ky., December 29, 1861. CAPTAIN: I regret to inform you that on yesterday, as a command of 168 men, under Major Murray, of Jackson’s regiment, were returning from a…
January 13, 1862. No. 3. i Cairo, January 13, 1862. During the absence of the expedition now starting upon soil hitherto occupied almost solely by the rebel army, and where…