HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CAIRO, Cairo, December 26, 1861. General D. C. BUELL, Commanding Department of thé Ohio, Louisville, Ky.: Iinclose you herewith an order defining the limits of my command.*…
CALHOUN CALHOUN, November 25, 1861. General BUELL: I wrote you this morning t that a rebel force, said to be commanded by Breckinridge, estimated from 4,000 to 6,000, reached Rochester…
HEADQUARTERS CUMBERLAND GAP, February 18, 1862. February 18, 1862. SIR: In a dispatch of the 14th instant I acquainted you with the fact that our cavalry pickets had been attacked…
February 14, 1862. SIR: I am convinced that the enemy will attack us at this place within a week. An attack to-morrow is probable. Theircavalry drove in our pickets to-day…
Georges Creek, December 26, 1861. I arrived here last night with 900 men. Twenty-five hundred rebels are at Paintsville, 18 miles distant, with four guns. They are fortifying. The Fourteenth…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Mill Springs, Ky., December 9, 1861. SIR: Having been disappointed in having ferry-boats captured by the force sent on in advance with that object, I have had to…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Mill Springs, Ky., December 2, 1861. SIR: Yesterday, with a small detachment of infantry and cavalry, I proceeded to reconnoiter from the left bank a camp of the…
Washington, November 12, 1861. âBrig. Gen. D. C. BUELL, Commanding Department of the Ohio: GENERAL: Upon assuming command of the department, I will be glad to have you make as…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, November 7, 1861. GENERAL: In giving you instructions for your guidance in command of the Department of the Ohio, I do not design to fetter…