Camp Calvert, November 22, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding, dec. : GENERAL: Your dispatch of 20th [21st?] instant from Stanford, ordering me to break up the camp at…
Saint Louis, November 22, 1861. Brig. Gen. C. F. SMITH, Commanding, do., at Paducah, Ky.: It is reported that Goral Hardee, with 8,000 men, is about to cross the Ohio…
Cairo, November 21, 1861. Capt. J. O. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant- General, Saint Louis, Mo.: General Orders, No. 1, of the 19th instant, -â â of the Missouri, is just received.…
Crab Orchard, November 20, 1861. Brig. Gen. 8. P. CARTER, Commanding Camp Calvert: GENERAL: Your dispatch [of 19th instant] has just been received. My orders are to move towards Columbia,…
Camp Calvert, November 19, 1861. GENERAL: I have just received information that the rebels, 5,000 strong, were last night at Flat Lick, 8 miles above Barboursville and 32 miles from…
Murfreesborough, Tenn., February 25, 1862. SIR: The fall of Fort Donelson compelled me to withdraw the remaining forces under my command from the north bank of the Cumberland and to…
HEADQUARTERS LEFT WING, December 5, 1862. December 5, 1862. Respectfully forwarded. Although the style and matter of this report show that Colonel Kargé himself is entirely unacquainted with his duty,…
Fort Donelson, February 21, 1862. I am now in possession of Clarksville, but will move no force there except General Smithâs division until I hear from General Halleck. There is…
Nashville, Tenn., February 18, 1862. SIR: In conformity with the intention beds 1 to the Department, the corps under the command of Major-General Hardee completed the evacuation of Bowling Green…
HEADQUARTERS CUMBERLAND GAP, February 18, 1862. February 18, 1862. SIR: In a dispatch of the 14th instant I acquainted you with the fact that our cavalry pickets had been attacked…