Saint Louis, January 6, 1862. To His Excellency the PRESIDENT: In reply to your excellency’s letter of the 1st instant,f I have to state that on receiving your telegram t…
Louisville, Ky., January 6, 1862. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States : . Str: Ihave the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your exeellencyâs letter of the Ist instant*…
Saint Louis, January 4, 1862. Brig. Gen. D. C. BUELL: S DS. I have no other information than that sent, which was in the exact words received. General Smith can…
January 3, 1862. No. 51. Louisville, Ky., January 3, 1862. I. Brigade the Nineteenth is hereby constituted as follows: Col. W. B. HAZEN, 41st Ohio Volunteers, commanding. 41st Ohio Volunteers,…
Lousiville, January 3, 1862. General H. W. HALLECK, U. $. A. i Commanding Department of Missouri: My DEAR GENERAL: I received your dispatch, and with more delay than I meant…
Washington, January 3, 1862. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, Commanding Department of Missouri : GENERAL: It is of the: greatest importance that the rebel troops in Western Kentueky be prevented…
Saint Louis, January 2, 1862. Brig. Gen. D. C. BUELL, Louisville, Ky. : I have had no instructions respecting co-operation. All my available troops are in the field except those…
Somerset, Ky., January 1, 1862. General GEORGE H. THOMAS: GENERAL: In compliance with your instructions I have advised Captain Fry of the state of things about Somerset to day, which…
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,…