BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, 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…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, 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…
BOWLING GREEN BOWLING GREEN, October 21, 1861. General Zollicoffer telegraphs to-day from London, Ky., as follows: One Ohio regiment said to be 12 miles distant; another regiment of the enemy…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Camp Buckner, September 30, 1861. SIR: On the morning of the 26th instant Oolonel Rains’ regiment, Colonel Statham, with a battalion of his regiment, and LieutenantColonel McNairy’s cavalry…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Camp Buckner, Ky., September 30, 1861. SIR: The detachments whose movements I réported to you on the 26th instant are returning into camp. The commands of Colonels Rains…
CAIRO, ILL. CAIRO, ILL., September 6, 1861. Col. M. L. SMITH, Comdg. Eighth Regiment Missouri Vols.: Without leaving the steamer you are now on, you will proceed at once to…
KNOXVILLE KNOXVILLE, September 16, 1861. General A. S. JOHNSTON, Memphis, Tenn. : SIR: On the 10th instant I apprised Adjutant-General Cooper that I expected on the 12th to have three…
Richmond Richmond, September 14, 1861. General S. B. BucKNER, Nashville, Tenn. : Your several telegraphs received. A dispatch from the President to Governor Harris yesterday will inform you of his…
COLUMBUS COLUMBUS, September 13, 1861. General POLK: The undersigned, at the request of many friends interested in the protection of Southern rights in the State of Kentucky, visit you at…
Richmond Richmond, September 14, 1861. General ZOLLICOFFER, Knoxville, Tenn. : . Your letter of 10th received.* “The military eonsiderations elearly indicate the forward movement which you propose. The politieal condition…