Letter
Unknown to James A. Garfield, December 28, 1861
Louisville, Ky.
Louisville, Ky., December 28, 1861.
Colonel GARFIELD, Commanding Eighteenth Brigade, Louisa, Ky.: The following dispatch was sent this day to Lieut. M. L. Benham, Forty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Catlettsburg, via Portsmouth : The arms for Lindsey’s regiment were forwarded by Adams Express on the 19th to Greensburg. Ascertain whether they have gone through Cincinnati. Tell Colonel Gartield I D: ave been unable to get the howitzers for him or I would send them, but I. think he will find his infantry more efficient than the enemy’s artillery. Tell him to . report frequently. D. G. BUELE Brigadier-General, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE Ohio,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Louisville, Ky.. Summary: Brigadier General D.G. Buell informs Colonel Garfield about the shipment of arms for Lindsey's regiment and the unavailability of howitzers, advising frequent 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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