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Unknown to Robert Anderson, August 15, 1861
August 15, 1861. No. 57. Washington, August 15, 1861. I. The States of Kentucky* and Tennessee will in future constitute a separate military command, to be known as the Department…
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W. B. Wood to J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War, November 20, 1861
Knoxville, November 20, 1861. SIR: The rebellion in East Tennessee has been put down in some of the counties, and will be effectually suppressed in less than two weeks in…
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Pollok B. Lee to J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War, November 17, 1861
Knoxville, November 17, 1861. General S. CooPER, Richmond, Va.: is SIR: The passes in the Cumberland Mountains at and near Jacks- — borough have been blockaded in such a manner…
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W. H. Carroll to John Perkins Benjamin, November 17, 1861
Chattanooga, Tenn., November 17, 1861. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War, Richmond: . SIR: In obedience to orders two regiments moved to this point. Af. fairs are not so…
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F. K. Zollicoffer to Brigadier- General, November 15, 1861
Chattanooga, November 15, 1861. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War: The ordnance officer at Nashville telegraphed me that none of my guns have been turned in, though the work…
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W. Nelson to Brigadier- General, November 10, 1861
November 10, 1861. ; Piketon, Ky., November 10, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to report, for the information of the commanding general of the department, that on the 7th…
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C. F. Smith to The ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, October 31, 1861
Paducah, Ky., October 31, 1861. SIR: Learning that a body of rebel cavalry were stationed at Saratoga, a small village about 4 miles from Eddyville, on the Cumberland River, and…
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John P. Murray to Twenty-eighth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers, October 16, 1861
Camp Ten Mile, Ky., October 16, 1861. Colonel MURRAY, Camp Myers : SIR: I am 10 miles on the march toward a camp of the enemy on Rockcastle River, having…
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F. K. Zollicoffer to Brigadier- General, October 16, 1861
Camp Ten Mile, October 16, 1861. General W. R. CASWELL, or Col. W. B. Woon, Knoxville, Tenn. : Being much embarrassed for want of transportation in some of the regiments…
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7 F. K. Zollicoffer to Brigadier- General, October 26, 1861
October 26, 1861. : Camp Buckner, October 26, 1861. SIR: I have information that the enemy were nine regiments at Rockcastle Hills. “They are thought to have large re-enforcements close…