Unknown to Don Carlos Buell, January 2, 1862
Saint Louis, January 2, 1862.
Brig. Gen. D. C. BUELL, Louisville, Ky. :
I have had no instructions respecting co-operation. All my available troops are in the field except those at Cairo and Paducah, which are barely sufficient to threaten Columbus, &c. A few weeks hence I hope to be able to render you very material assistance, but now a withdrawal of my troops from this State is almost impossible. Write me fully.
H. W. HALLECK, Major- General.
PADUCAH, KY., January 2, 1862. Brigadier-General CULLUM:
A reconnaissance to within a few miles of Camp Beauregard shows that the troops that left for Bowling Green have been replaced by twomonthsâ men from Mississippi. Pillows division ordered to Bowling Green, but returned, and go in winter quarters.
[Repeated by General Cullum to General Buell January 3.]