No. 4.
Report of General A. S. Johnston, C. S. Army.
BOWLING GREEN, October 21, 1861.
General Zollicoffer
telegraphs to-day from London, Ky., as follows:
One
Ohio regiment said to be 12 miles distant; another regiment of the enemy a few
miles beyond. I will feel of them to-day with two regiments and some cavalry.
My force here is about 5,400.
The above is the
dispatch. From intelligent gentlemen I learned the day before yesterday that
6,000 men at Camp Dick Robinson had an advanced force of 4,000 towards
Cumberland Gap under Garrard and from the camp stretching back to Cincinnati
10,000 more. I have no means of adding to Zollicoffer's force at present,
important as I think it.
A. S. JOHNSTON,
General.
S. COOPER, Adjutant-General.
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. 209
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