Letter
S. P. Carter to James B. Fry, February 14, 1862
HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH BRIGADE,
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 he advanced quite close to the Gap; attacked the enemy’s cavalry picket; killed 5, wounded 2, and took 2 prisoners, 8 horses, 7 sabers, and 5 doublebarrel shot-guns. No one was injured in the colonel’s command. Our party advanced so near the enemy’s defenses that they got within range of their batteries, which opened on. them, when they returned to camp.
Respectfully, &c.,
S. P. CARTER,
Acting Brigadier-General, Commanding "Twelfth, Brigade.
Capt. J. B. Fry,
Assistant Adjutant-General, and Chief of Staff.
Acting Brigadier-General, Commanding "Twelfth, Brigade.
Capt. J. B. Fry,
Assistant Adjutant-General, and Chief of Staff.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Camp Cumberland. Summary: Acting Brigadier-General S. P. Carter reports a successful reconnaissance by Kentucky Cavalry near the Gap, resulting in enemy casualties, prisoners, and captured weapons without losses to his command.
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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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