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17,141 lettersBRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Knoxville, November 17, 1861. General S. CooPER, Richmond, Va.: is SIR: The passes in the Cumberland Mountains at and near Jacks- — borough have been blockaded in such…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Chattanooga, Tenn., November 17, 1861. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War, Richmond: . SIR: In obedience to orders two regiments moved to this point. Af. fairs are…
HEADQUARTERS RIFLE BRIGADE, Chattanooga, November 15, 1861. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War: The ordnance officer at Nashville telegraphed me that none of my guns have been turned in,…
ATHENS, TENN. ATHENS, TENN., November 14, 1861. Colonel Woop: General Zollicoffer writes that he has taken measures to intercept Clift’s men and others should they try to reach Kentucky, and…
JACKSBOROUGH JACKSBOROUGH, November 12, 1861. Col. W. B. Woon, Knoxville : SIR: The expressman reached me this evening at 9 o’clock with two letters from you, both dated 11th November.…
JACKSBOROUGH JACKSBOROUGH, November 12, 1861. Col. W. D. Woop, Knoxville : SIR : I have cavalry scouts out on the road to Somerset and Williamsburg, which I expect in to-night.…
JACKSBOROUGH, TENN. JACKSBOROUGH, TENN., November 11, 1861. General S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va. : SIR: The communication of the 26th ultimo from your office, apprising me that…
Richmond Richmond, November 10, 1861. Col. D. LEADBETTER : E COLONEL: Herewith you will receive an order to report to Tennessee, to keep up the line of communication by rail…
Richmond Richmond, November 10, 1861. General W. H. CARROLL, Memphis ; Proceed with the least possible delay to re-enforce General Zollicoffer with all your armed men, and leave some reliable…
LOUDON, TENN. LOUDON, TENN., November 10, 1861. Col. W. B. Woop, Commanding : DEAR SIR: Captain Cawood’s company arrived here at 6 o’clock yesterday evening, and are pitehing their tents…
y KNOXVILLE y KNOXVILLE, November 10, 1861. General ZOLLICOFFER : SIR: Information has been received that Mr. Hodgson, a member of the legislature, has been making a treasonable speech over…
JACKSBOROUGH JACKSBOROUGH, November 9, 1861. Col. W. B. Woon, Sixteenth Alabama Regiment, Knoxville, Tenn. : SIR: Your dispateh just received informing me of the burning of Hiawassee bridge and other…
KNOXVILLE KNOXVILLE, November 9, 1861. Two large bridges on my road were burned last night about 12 o’clock; also one bridge on the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad at the…
HEADQUARTERS CAMP HOPELESS CHASE, November 10, 1861. ; Piketon, Ky., November 10, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to report, for the information of the commanding general of the department,…
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Paducah, Ky., October 31, 1861. SIR: Learning that a body of rebel cavalry were stationed at Saratoga, a small village about 4 miles from Eddyville, on…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Camp Ten Mile, Ky., October 16, 1861. Colonel MURRAY, Camp Myers : SIR: I am 10 miles on the march toward a camp of the enemy on Rockcastle…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Camp Ten Mile, October 16, 1861. General W. R. CASWELL, or Col. W. B. Woon, Knoxville, Tenn. : Being much embarrassed for want of transportation in some of…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, October 26, 1861. : Camp Buckner, October 26, 1861. SIR: I have information that the enemy were nine regiments at Rockcastle Hills. “They are thought to have large…
BOWLING GREEN BOWLING GREEN, October 21, 1861. General Zollicoffer telegraphs to-day from London, Ky., as follows: One Ohio regiment said to be 12 miles distant; another regiment of the enemy…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Camp Buckner, September 30, 1861. SIR: On the morning of the 26th instant Oolonel Rains’ regiment, Colonel Statham, with a battalion of his regiment, and LieutenantColonel McNairy’s cavalry…