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Unknown to J. C. Kelton, December 2, 1861
E Cairo, December 2, 1861. Capt. J. C. KELTON, Saint Louis, Mo.: Inclosed herewith I send you a letter from Colonel Ross on the subject of winter quarters, change of…
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â¬. F. SMITH, December 1, 1861
Paducah, Ky., December 1, 1861. To the ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.:” Sin: The letter of the major-general commanding the department, dated on the 26th…
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[james B. Fry,] to Camp Dick ROBINSON. SOMERSET, November 29, 1861
November 29, 1861. Cairo, did November 29, 1861. Capt. J. C. KELTON, Saint Louis, Mo. : I have here two prisoners, arrested as spies, Who are undoubtedly guilty of thecharge.…
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Geo. E. Flynt to George H. Thomas, November 29, 1861
Lebanon, November 29, 1861. Col. W. A. HOSKINS, Commanding Camp Hoskins, near Somerset, Ky.: COLONEL: In the absence of the commanding general I have opened your dispatch of the 28th…
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S. P. Carter to George H. Thomas, November 28, 1861
Camp Calvert, November 28, 1861. GENERAL: I have directed the quartermasters of different regiments as well as brigade commanders to endeavor to learn how many wagons they ean gather in…
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Unknown to J. C. Kelton, November 28, 1861
Cairo, November 28, 1861. Capt. J. C. KELTON, Saint Louis, Mo.: I would respectfully report for the consideration of the general com: manding the department that on Monday last one…
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S. P. Carter to Cmar XVI] â CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.â UNION 455, November 27, 1861
Camp Calvert, November 27, 1861. (Received November 29, 1861.) GENERAL: I wrote you this morning Mel despairingly.* Tam glad to say that the feeling in camp seems better this evening.…
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Henry W. Halleck to SPECIAL Ero H»pqns. Dist. SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, November 26, 1861
Saint Louis, November 26, 1861. Brig. Gen. C. F. SMITH, Commanding at Paducah, Ky.: GENERAL: The protection of the line of the Ohio between the mouths of the Wabash and…
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Unknown to George H. Thomas, November 25, 1861
HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE, November 25, 1861. : Camp Calvert, November 25, 1861. My DEAR SIR: A day or two after I wrote you I received orders to break up…
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Unknown to Don Carlos Buell, November 25, 1861
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…