Sunday, April 10, 2022

Leroy P. Walker to Major-General Leonidas Polk, September 4, 1861

RICHMOND, September 4, 1861.
General POLK, Memphis, Tenn.:

News has reached here that General Pillow has landed his troops at Hickman, Ky. Order their prompt withdrawal from Kentucky.

L. P. WALKR,        
Secretary of War. 

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 4 (Serial No. 4), p. 180

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