GENERAL EA HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CAIRO, December 28, 1861. No. 26. Cairo, December 28, 1861. Whereas there are now at Cape Girardeau, Paducah, Smithland, and Cave in Rock, places within…
HEADQUARTERS, Somerset, Ky., December 27, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Division, &c., Lebanon, Ky. : GENERAL: I have sent out small parties for the last two days before…
CoLUMBIA, Ky. CoLUMBIA, Ky., December 26, 1861. E (Received December 27, 1861.) General GEORGE H. THOMAS: The section of artillery under command of Lieutenant Nell was forwarded this morning, as…
Lowisville, Ky. Lowisville, Ky., December 25, 1861. Hon. R. C. WICKLIFFE, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.: DEAR SIR: I have received your letter of the 19th instant, inclosing the…
HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH BRIGADE, Somerset, December 23, 1861. (Received December 25, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky. : GENERAL: Captain Fry, Company F, Second Regiment East…
CoLUMBIA, Ky. CoLUMBIA, Ky., December 23, 1861. (Received December 25, 1861.) General GEORGE H. THOMAS: The enemy is closing in upon us; his pickets are near us in three directions,…
Louisville, Ky. 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…
Louisville, Ky. 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…
HEADQUARTERS, 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…
HEADQUARTERS, 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…