CoLUMBIA, Ky. CoLUMBIA, Ky., December 23, 1861. (Received December 25, 1861.) General GEORGE H. THOMAS: The enemy is closing in upon us; his pickets are near us in three directions,…
Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky., December 23, 1861. General LORENZO THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Arm y, Washington, D. C.: SIR: Some explanation of the condition of things here will enable the…
Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky., December 22, 1861. General THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Lebanon: SIR: Acting Brigadier-General Carter reports that by your orders it is forbidden to receive fugitive slaves into…
HEADQUARTERS, Somerset, Ky., December 21, 1861. (Received December 24, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL: Since my last nothing of interest has occurred. The…
HEADQUARTERS, Lebanon, Ky., December 21, 1861. Brig. Gen. ALBIN SCHOFPF, Commanding at Somerset, JCy. : GENERAL: Yours of the 18th was received: yesterday. When you reported to me some days…
HEADQUARTERS, Somerset, Ky., December 19, 1861. – (Received December 25, 1801.) Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky. : GENERAL: To-day has passed without anything worthy of note. I have seen nothing…
Cairo Cairo, December 18, 1861. CAPTAIN: A man sent by me to Columbus, Ky., and who spent sev- ‘eral days there, and also a man who deserted this morning from…
HDQRS. TWELFTH REGIMENT KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS, December 18, 1861. December 18, 1861. GENERAL: To-day I took six of my companies and one section of Captain Hewett’s battery and proceeded in the…
HEADQUARTERS, Somerset, Ky., December 17, 1861. (Received December 20, 1861.) Commanding First Division, Dept. of the Ohio, Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL: Since my last nothing of interest has occurred. Colonel Hoskins’…
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH BRIGADE, Columbia, December 17, 1861. Brigadier-General THOMAS, , Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky. : GENERAL: General Boyle directs me to say that the pickets from near the Cumberland…