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Unknown to Polk, September 13, 1861
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…
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Letters from 1861
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L. Polk to Zollicoffer, September 14, 1861
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…
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F.K. Zollicoffer to Samuel Cooper, September 13, 1861
NASHVILLE NASHVILLE, September 13, 1861. General S. COOPER, Adjutant-General C. S. A.: After consultation with the Tennessee commissioners to Frankfort, and with prominent citizens of Kentucky, I unhesitatingly advise that…
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Unknown to Harris, September 5, 1861
Richmond Richmond, September 5, 1861. Governor HARRIS, Nashville, Tenn. : General Polk has been ordered to direct the prompt withdrawal of the forces under General Pillow from Kentucky. The movement…
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L. Polk to Polk, September 5, 1861
Richmond Richmond, September 5, 1861. General POLK: Will you give a reason for General Pillow’s movement? L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War. CITY OF COLUMBUS, September 5, 1861. Major-General POLK,…
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Unknown to Polk, September 4, 1861
Richmond Richmond, September 4, 1861. General POLK : The necessity justifies the action.
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L. Polk to Leonidas Polk, September 3, 1861
COLUMBUS, KY. COLUMBUS, KY., September 3, 1861. General POLK: 3 Between 1,500 and 2,000; loaded wagons; horses and artillery, light caliber; no fortifications yet; one of the steamers gone up…
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Hec -R. J. Oglesby to Henry W. Halleck, August 23, 1861
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, CAMP DEFIANCE, Cairo, IUl., August 23, 1861. SIR: In the affair of the little steamer W. D. Terry, taken by Captain Stembel, of gunboat Lexington, yesterday morning, at…
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J. €. Frémont to Simon B. Buckner, August 25, 1861
HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT, August 25, 1861. > Saint Lowis, August 25, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith sot MUR E to my sites headquarters from Col. R.…
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E. Benton to Henry E. McCulloch, December 31, 1861
San Antonio, Tex. San Antonio, Tex., December 31, 1861. Col. H. E. MCOULLOCH, i Commanding Western Military District of Texas : E SIR: I have the honor herewith to transmit…