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S. P. Carter to George H. Thomas, U. A, October 2, 1861
CAMP WILDCAT CAMP WILDCAT, October 2, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, U. $. A., Commanding Camp Robinson, dc. : My note of yesterday advised you that I had dispatched your…
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Letters about 1861
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Charles F. Smith to Thomas, October 1, 1861
CAMP WILDCAT CAMP WILDCAT, October 1, 1861. General THOMAS: DEAR SIR: The enemy, in full retreat, are by this time in Barboursville. I am starting my men by squads to…
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Theophilus T. Garrard to George H. Thomas, October 1, 1861
CAMP WILDCAT CAMP WILDCAT, October 1, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Camp Dick Robinson: A I have information, reliable, that the rebels retreated 9 miles beyond London on Sunday. A…
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Ormsby M. Mitchel to Landram, September 30, 1861
CINCINNATI CINCINNATI, September 30, 1861. General Mitchel has ordered Seventeenth Ohio and one more regiment on to-night. Four more regiments will follow to-morrow, accompanied by two batteries. I will report…
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Charles F. Smith to Paine, September 30, 1861
EVANSVILLE EVANSVILLE, September 30, 1861. General PAINE: A oret . . General Buckner was at Greenville at. 3 o’clock yesterday—destination, Lock and Dam No. 1, on Green River—with 5,200 men.…
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Theophilus T. Garrard to George H. Thomas, September 30, 1861
LOUISVILLE, Ky. LOUISVILLE, Ky., September 30, 1861. General THOMAS, Lexington : I have ordered two regiments to re-enforce you, and sent telegrams to the President and to the governors of…
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Theophilus T. Garrard to George H. Thomas, September 29, 1861
CAMP WILDCAT CAMP WILDCAT, September 29, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Camp Dick Robinson: Colonel Wolford came into camp bringing with him the Home Guard under Colonel Brown. The enemy…
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Ormsby M. Mitchel to E.D. Townsend, September 28, 1861
CINCINNATI, Ohio CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 28, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General: On the 26th instant, at the request of General Anderson and the Kentucky legislature, my own judgment…
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Robert Anderson to George H. Thomas, September 28, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Louisville, Ky., September 28, 1861. General O. M. MITCHEL, este Commanding U. S. Forces, Cincinnati, Ohio : DEAR SIR: I have had as full a…
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Unknown to John C. Frémont, September 28, 1861
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Paducah, Ky., September 28, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the West, Saint Louis, Mo. : General Frémont’s letter of September 26 just received. The gunboat…