Letter
Sa Garfield to P. Bunker, January 5, 1862
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE,
Camp Pardee, January 5, 1862.
Capt. P. BUNKER, Commanding Post, Louisa, Ky. :
DEAR SIR: Your report of yesterday, containing an intercepted letter of Dr. Shelton, is just received.* I am very much gratified with the intelligence that you have killed or disabled Smith and captured some of his associates. Send away all such men as fast as possible. You are doing good service in your present position, as the enemy is. evidently anxious to outflank me and, if possible, cut off my supplies. Make frequent reports of your operations and give me any information you may obtain which will forward the success of our expedition. I sent you full orders a few days since, which I hope have reached you before this.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
SA GARFIELD,
Colonel, Commanding Brigade.
*Not found.
Colonel, Commanding Brigade.
*Not found.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Camp Pardee. Summary: Colonel Sa Garfield commends Captain P. Bunker for disrupting enemy forces near Louisa, Kentucky, urges continued vigilance against supply line threats, and requests frequent operational reports.
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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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