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17,141 lettersSomerset, Ky., December 31, 1861. (Received January 4, 1862.) Brig. Gen. GEoRGE H. THOMAS, Commanding First Kentucky Division: GENERAL: I have received your instructions of 30th instant. Have heard of…
Cairo, December 29, 1861. Capt. J. C. KELTON, Saint Louis, Mo.: On Thursday night I left here to visit Shawneetown and all other points occupied by troops within this military…
Louisville, December 29, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Lebanon: GENERAL: I send you a sketch of the country about Somerset which shows more of the roads…
December 28, 1861. No. 26. Cairo, December 28, 1861. Whereas there are now at Cape Girardeau, Paducah, Smithland, and Cave in Rock, places within this military district, many persons who…
Somerset, Ky., December 27, 1861. GENERAL: I have sent out small parties for the last two days before the enemy’s position, but he has made no response so far. I…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CAIRO, Cairo, December 26, 1861. General D. C. BUELL, Commanding Department of thé Ohio, Louisville, Ky.: Iinclose you herewith an order defining the limits of my command.*…
Lowisville, Ky., December 25, 1861. Hon. R. C. WICKLIFFE, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.: DEAR SIR: I have received your letter of the 19th instant, inclosing the copy of…
Somerset, December 23, 1861. (Received December 25, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky. : GENERAL: Captain Fry, Company F, Second Regiment East Tennessee Volunteers, was…
Louisville, Ky., December 23, 1861. General LORENZO THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Arm y, Washington, D. C.: SIR: Some explanation of the condition of things here will enable the General-in-Chief to…
Louisville, Ky., December 22, 1861. General THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Lebanon: SIR: Acting Brigadier-General Carter reports that by your orders it is forbidden to receive fugitive slaves into camp, and…
Somerset, Ky., December 21, 1861. (Received December 24, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL: Since my last nothing of interest has occurred. The enemy…
Lebanon, Ky., December 21, 1861. Brig. Gen. ALBIN SCHOFPF, Commanding at Somerset, JCy. : GENERAL: Yours of the 18th was received: yesterday. When you reported to me some days since…
Somerset, 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…