Louisville, Ky., December 23, 1861. General LORENZO THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Arm y, Washington, D. C.: SIR: Some explanation of the condition of things here will enable the General-in-Chief to…
Louisville, Ky., December 22, 1861. General THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Lebanon: SIR: Acting Brigadier-General Carter reports that by your orders it is forbidden to receive fugitive slaves into camp, and…
Somerset, Ky., December 21, 1861. (Received December 24, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL: Since my last nothing of interest has occurred. The enemy…
Lebanon, Ky., December 21, 1861. Brig. Gen. ALBIN SCHOFPF, Commanding at Somerset, JCy. : GENERAL: Yours of the 18th was received: yesterday. When you reported to me some days since…
Somerset, Ky., December 19, 1861. GENERAL: To-day has passed without anything worthy of note. I have seen nothing and heard nothing of the enemy. One of my regiments is scouting…
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH BRIGADE, Columbia, December 19, 1861. Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL:* * * * AsfarasIcan ascertain, there is no certainty that Zollicoffer is on the other side of…
Cairo, December 18, 1861. Capt. J. C. KELTON, ` 4 Asst. Adjt. Gen., Dept. of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: CAPTAIN: A man sent by me to Columbus, Ky., and…
December 18, 1861. Brig. Gen. ALBIN SCHOEPF: GENERAL: To-day I took six of my companies and one section of 3 Captain Hewettâs battery and proceeded in the direction of Waits-…
HEADQUARTERS, Somerset, Ky., December 18, 1861. (Received December 20, 1861.) General GEORGE H. THOMAS, : Commanding First Division, Lebanon: GENERAL: In my communication of yesterday I suggested that I intended…
Columbia, December 18, 1861. (Received December 19, 1861.) Brigadier-General THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Department of the Ohio: GENERAL: General Boyle directs me to say that the rebels are plundering and…