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Showing posts with label George R McClellan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label George R McClellan. Show all posts
Sunday, April 9, 2023

Diary of Private Richard R. Hancock: Thursday, December 26, 1861

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Zollicoffer had ordered a steamer to ascend the Cumberland to Celina, and if deemed safe to press on to Mill Springs with army stores for hi...

Diary of Private Richard R. Hancock: Friday, December 27, 1861

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McClellan's and Branner's Battalions returned to their camps at Beech Grove. Our battalion recrossed the river and went into camps n...
Sunday, February 12, 2023

Diary of Private Richard R. Hancock: Monday, December 9, 1861

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General Zollicoffer now had with him. six and a half regiments of infantry, a six-pounder battery of eight guns, and McNairy's, Branner...
Sunday, December 25, 2022

Diary of Private Richard R. Hancock: Sunday, November 24, 1861

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The clothing for our battalion having been received and distributed, Colonel McNairy again took up the line of march, and, passing through W...

Diary of Private Richard R. Hancock: Friday, November 29, 1861

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We returned to camps a little after dark at the same place we started from the morning before. It was a cold, rainy day. We learned that q...
Thursday, October 20, 2022

Diary of Private Richard R. Hancock: Tuesday, November 5, 1861

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Our battalion moved (twelve miles) from Camp Buckner to within four miles of the Gap, where we remained until Thursday, November 7th. McNa...

Diary of Private Richard R. Hancock: Friday, November 8, 1861

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In the saddle early that morning, our battalion arrived at Jacksborough late in the afternoon (about twenty-two miles). Zollicoffer had left...

Diary of Private Richard R. Hancock: Wednesday, November 20, 1861

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Setting out from Clinton, the First Battalion moved about fifteen miles and camped on the Wartburg road, in the north corner of Roane County...
Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Lieutenant-Colonel George R. McClellan to Brigadier-General Felix K. Zollicoffer, November 4, 1861—1 p.m.

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JAMESTOWN, November 4 , 1861 — 1 p.m. General ZOLLICOFFER: SIR: I have information that is entirely reliable that the enemy is approachi...

Brigadier-General Felix K. Zollicoffer to Colonels Sidney S. Stanton, John P. Murray and George R. McClellan, October 31, 1861

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BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS,           Cumberland Gap, October 31, 1861. Colonel S. S. STANTON, Colonel MURRAY, and Colonel McCLELLAN,           N...

Brigadier-General Felix K. Zollicoffer to Samuel Cooper, November 8, 1861

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BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS AT OLIVER'S,           Twenty-three miles from Montgomery, November 8 , 1861 . General S. COOPER,           Adjutan...
Monday, October 17, 2022

Robert L. Owen to Judah P. Benjamin, November 11, 1861

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BRISTOL, November 11 , 1861. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN,  Secretary of War: I have just returned from the burned bridge. We have at the next bri...

Brigadier-General Felix K. Zollicoffer to Lieutenant-Colonel William W. Mackall, November 20, 1861

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BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS,           Wartburg, one mile from Montgomery, November 20, 1861. Lieutenant-Colonel MACKALL,           Assistant Adju...
Friday, September 23, 2022

Brigadier-General Felix K. Zollicoffer to Samuel Cooper, November 22, 1861

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BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS,           Jamestown, Tenn., Nov . 22, 1861. General S. Cooper,           Adjutant and Inspector-General, Richmond: S...
Saturday, August 20, 2022

Brigadier-General Felix K. Zollicoffer to Colonel John P. Murray, October 28, 1861

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CAMP BUCKNER, KY., October 28, 1861. Col. JOHN P. MURRA Y, Near Albany, Ky.: SIR: I felt of the enemy's intrenched camp at Rockcastl...