Letter

S. P. Carter to 496 OPERATIONS IN KY., TENN., N. ALA., AND S. W. VA. [Cnar. XVIL, December 12, 1861

Author

S. P. Carter

Recipient

496 OPERATIONS IN KY., TENN., N. ALA., AND S. W. VA. [Cnar. XVIL

Date

December 12, 1861

Type

Letter

Near Somerset, Ky., December 12, 1861.

(Received December 16, 1861.) Capt. GEORGE E. FLYNT, Assistant Adjutant-General, First Division, Lebanon, Ky.:

CAPTAIN: Since my arrival at this place I have received Special Orders, No. 23, detaching the Twelfth Brigade from First Division, and requiring me to report direct to department headquarters.

The consolidated reports of the First and Second East Tennessee and Third Kentucky Regiments were forwarded direct to department headquarters. Is it necessary for me to send duplicates to headquarters First Division ?

Reports this afternoon say that the rebel Zollicoffer is throwing up defenses this side the river, near Mill Springs. If this is the case, he could be readily captured by sending a force from Columbia via Jamestown to Monticello and taking him in rear.

Unless there is a prospect of doing something very soon, I wish to return to my position in front of Cumberland Gap.

your obedient servant,

Acting Brigadier-General, Commanding Twelfth Brigade.

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Near Somerset, Ky.. Summary: Acting Brigadier-General S. P. Carter reports detachment from First Division, inquires about report submissions, and suggests a strategic maneuver to capture rebel Zollicoffer near Mill Springs during the Civil War.

Topics

1861 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 7 View original source ↗