HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT, Decatur, Ala., March 16, 1862. Brig. Gen. GIDEON J. PILLOW, Chattanooga, Tenn.: GENERAL: Under date of March 11 the Secretary of War says: The reports of -Generals…
OFFICE OF DIVISION COMMISSARY, Decatur, Ala., March 13, 1862. I was present at the council of officers held at Brig. Gen. Gideon J. Pillow’s headquarters, in the town of Dover,…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD DIVISION, Decatur, Ala., March 14, 1862. The position we occupied was invested on February 11 by a fois which we estimated to be about 20,000 strong. This force…
CLARKSVILLE, TENN. CLARKSVILLE, TENN., February 19, 1862. General JOHNSTON: 4 Sir: There is but little known satisfactorily of the enemy or their movements; up to 10 o’elock last night all…
WAR DEPARTMENT, O. S A., Richmond, March 11, 1862. General A. SIDNEY JOHNSTON, Decatur, Ala. : Sig: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your dispatches through Major Liddell.…
Fort DONELSON, TENN. Fort DONELSON, TENN., February 16, 1862. General A. SIDNEY JOHNSTON: Last evening there arrived in the river near Fort Donelson eleven transports, laden with troops. Weare completely…
Richmond, V. A. Richmond, V. A., March 11, 1862. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War, Richmond, Va.: SIR: The reports of Brigadier Generals Floyd and Pillow of the defense…
HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FIFTH KENTUCKY REGIMENT, Camp Cloak, near Fort Henry, February 18, 1862. Sir: Below I give you a list of the killed, wounded, and missing in the Twenty-fifth Regiment Kentucky…
HDQRS. FORTY-FOURTH REGIMENT INDIANA VOLUNTEERS, Fort Henry, February 18, 1862. SIR: On the morning of Saturday, February 15, the Forty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteers left their bivouac near the enemy’s lines…
HDQRS. THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT INDIANA VOLUNTEERS, Fort Henry, Tenn., February 18, 1862. Sir: In obedience to your order, the Kement left its camp, near Fort Donelson, on. the morning of the…