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17,141 lettersCamp Calvert, November 22, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding, dec. : GENERAL: Your dispatch of 20th [21st?] instant from Stanford, ordering me to break up the camp at…
Saint Louis, November 22, 1861. Brig. Gen. C. F. SMITH, Commanding, do., at Paducah, Ky.: It is reported that Goral Hardee, with 8,000 men, is about to cross the Ohio…
Cairo, November 21, 1861. Capt. J. O. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant- General, Saint Louis, Mo.: General Orders, No. 1, of the 19th instant, -â â of the Missouri, is just received.…
Crab Orchard, November 20, 1861. Brig. Gen. 8. P. CARTER, Commanding Camp Calvert: GENERAL: Your dispatch [of 19th instant] has just been received. My orders are to move towards Columbia,…
Camp Calvert, November 19, 1861. GENERAL: I have just received information that the rebels, 5,000 strong, were last night at Flat Lick, 8 miles above Barboursville and 32 miles from…
Murfreesborough, Tenn., February 25, 1862. SIR: The fall of Fort Donelson compelled me to withdraw the remaining forces under my command from the north bank of the Cumberland and to…
HEADQUARTERS LEFT WING, December 5, 1862. December 5, 1862. Respectfully forwarded. Although the style and matter of this report show that Colonel Kargé himself is entirely unacquainted with his duty,…
Fort Donelson, February 21, 1862. I am now in possession of Clarksville, but will move no force there except General Smithâs division until I hear from General Halleck. There is…
Nashville, Tenn., February 18, 1862. SIR: In conformity with the intention beds 1 to the Department, the corps under the command of Major-General Hardee completed the evacuation of Bowling Green…
HEADQUARTERS CUMBERLAND GAP, February 18, 1862. February 18, 1862. SIR: In a dispatch of the 14th instant I acquainted you with the fact that our cavalry pickets had been attacked…
February 14, 1862. SIR: I am convinced that the enemy will attack us at this place within a week. An attack to-morrow is probable. Theircavalry drove in our pickets to-day…
Camp Cumberland, February 14, 1862. CAPTAIN: A reconnaissance was made to-day by a company of First Battalion Kentucky Cavalry, under the immediate command of Lieutenant-Colonel Munday. Lieutenant-Colonel Munday reports that…
Richmond, Va., March 31, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following answers, prepared by my predecessor in office, to the resolutions of inquiry adopted by the House…
Dover, Tenn., February 17, 1862. Sir: In our engagement with the Federal troops on Thursday, the 13th instant, the Eighth Kentucky Regiment was behind our intrenchments and withstood the fire…
February 16, 1862. No. â. Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 16, 1862. All prisoners taken at the surrender of Fort Donelson will be collected as rapidly as practicable near the village…
Dover, Tenn., February 18, 1862. Str: It becomes my duty to report that the remains of this army, after winning some brilliant successes both in repulsing the assaults of the…
SPECIAL O ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, December 10, 1862. E No. 289. Richmond, December 10, 1862. , On review of the communication of Brig. Gen. G. J. Pillow, con-…
October 21, 1862. Richmond, Va., “October 21, 1862. Brig. Gen. GIDEON J. PILLOW: GENERAL: I have received and carefully considered your letter of the 10th instant, and am constrained to…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAT/S OFFICE, August 22, 1862. No. 196. i Richmond, Va., August 22, 1862. * * * * * * * XL. The reports of the…
Richmond, July 5, 1809. GENERAL: Your communication of the 21st ultimo having been considered by the President, I am instructed to inform you that your suspension has never been considered…