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James A. Garfield to J. B. Fry, January 30, 1862
Camp Buell, Paintsville, Ky., January 30, 1862. Sir: On the 24th instant I sent out two detachments, one of 150 infantry, which has just returned from the headwaters of Little…
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Letters about Military Correspondence
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James A. Garfield to Citizens of the Sandy Valley, January 16, 1862
Paintsville, Ky., January 16, 1862. Citizens of the Sandy Valley: I have come among you to restore the honor of the Union, and to bring back the old banner which…
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James A. Garfield to J. B. Fry, January 17, 1862
Camp Buell, Paintsville, Ky., January 17, 1862. DEAR SIR: In my last report to you reasons were given why I did not move forward to Prestonburg with my whole force.…
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James A. Garfield to J. B. Fry, January 14, 1862
Camp Buell, Paintsville, January 14, 1862. DEAR SIR: At the date of my last report (January 8) I was preparing to pursue the enemy. The transportation of my stores from…
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James A. Garfield to J. B. Fry, January 8, 1862
Paintsville, Ky., January 8, 1862. DEAR SIR: On Sunday, January 5, I drove in several small scouting parties of the enemy, killing 1 of them. On Monday, January 6, I…
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James A. Garfield to J. B. Fry, January 4, 1862
Camp Pardee, January 4, 1862. DEAR SIR: Shortly after the date of my last report to you, of December 26, I received intelligence that the enemy had retreated to a…
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James A. Garfield to J. B. Fry, December 26, 1861
Georges Creek, December 26, 1861. Str: I advanced from Louisa on the 23d instant, with nine companies of the Forty-second Ohio, three companies of the Fourteenth Kentucky, and Major McLaughlinâs…
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James A. Garfield to Don Carlos Buell, December 26, 1861
Georges Creek, December 26, 1861. I arrived here last night with 900 men. Twenty-five hundred rebels are at Paintsville, 18 miles distant, with four guns. They are fortifying. The Fourteenth…
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James B. Fry to HDQRS. OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERALâS OFFICE, _, January 20, 1862
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO, January 20, 1862. No. 4a. Louisville, Ky., January 20, 1862. The general commanding takes occasion to thank Colonel Garfield and his troops…
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James B. Fry to James A. Garfield, January 24, 1862
Louisville, January 24, 1862. Col. JAMES A. GARFIELD, Paintsville, Ky.: Sim: Your official report of the fatio of Middle Creek has been received and your success will be duly noticed…