Letter
Unknown to John Charles Frémont, September 28, 1861
Paducah, Ky., September 28, 1861.
ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the West, Saint Louis, Mo. : General Frémont’s letter of September 26 just received. The gunboat Lexington has just returned from Owensborough, and reports no
enemy there. The gunboat Conestoga is now at Owensborough. Books SMITE,
` Brigadier- General, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 1861. Location: Paducah, Ky.. Summary: A Union officer reports to General Frémont that the gunboat Lexington found no enemy at Owensborough and the Conestoga is currently stationed there during 1861 operations in Kentucky.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 4
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