Letter
Present for duty. p to George H. Thomas, December 31, 1861
HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE,
Somerset, 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 Zollicoffer’s contemplated move to-day, but doubt whether he will move towards Columbia; he not having had the courage to accept the invitation of my small force, would barely place himself in the unsafe
position between our combined forces.
I have
scouts out on the Harrison road, and as soon as he attempts
to move I will be apprised of it in time to act in concert with you.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Brigadier-General, U. S. Vols., Commanding First Brigade.
Abstract from return of the District of Cairo, commandcd by Brig. Gen. U. S. Grant, for the
month of December, 1861.
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month of December, 1861.
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Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Somerset, Ky.. Summary: A Union brigadier general reports to George H. Thomas about Confederate movements and scouts' surveillance, preparing to coordinate defensive actions against Zollicoffer's forces in December 1861.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 7
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