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Showing posts with label Kentucky Neutrality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kentucky Neutrality. Show all posts
Sunday, April 10, 2022

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

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RICHMOND, September 4, 1861. General POLK, Memphis, Tenn.: News has reached here that General Pillow has landed his troops at Hickman, Ky....

Jefferson Davis to Major-General Leonidas Polk, September 4, 1861

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RICHMOND, September 4, 1861. General POLK: The necessity justifies the action. JEFFERSON DAVIS. SOURCE:  The War of the Rebellion: A Compil...

Governor Isham G. Harris to Jefferson Davis, September 13, 1861

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NASHVILLE, September 13, 1861. His Excellency JEFFERSON DAVIS: On 4th instant I sent John Marshall, Andrew Ewing, and Dr. Bowling as commi...

Jefferson Davis to Governor Isham G. Harris, September 13, 1861

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RICHMOND, September 13, 1861. Governor HARRIS, Nashville, Tenn.: Movement to Columbus was reported to me as a defensive measure, rendered...

Samuel Cooper to Brigadier-General Felix K. Zollicoffer, September 14, 1861

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RICHMOND, September 14, 1861. General ZOLLICOFFER, Knoxville, Tenn.: Your letter of 10th received.* The military considerations clearly i...

Brigadier-General Felix K. Zollicoffer to Governor Beriah Magoffin, September 14, 1861

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KNOXVILLE, September 14, 1861. His Excellency Governor MAGOFFIN, Frankfort, Ky.: SIR: The safety of Tennessee requiring it, I have occupie...

Brigadier-General Felix K. Zollicoffer to Samuel Cooper, September 14, 1861

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KNOXVILLE, September 14, 1861. Adjutant-General COOPER: Governor Harris and General Buckner telegraphed me if possible to arrest the movem...

Gustavus A. Henry to Jefferson Davis, September 15, 1861

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CLARKSVILLE, September 15, 1861. His Excellency JEFFERSON DAVIS, Richmond, Va.: I am just from Nashville, where some dissatisfaction pre...
Sunday, July 23, 2017

Diary of William Howard Russell: June 19, 1861

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It is probable the landlord of the Gayoso House was a strong Secessionist, and resolved, therefore, to make the most out of a neutral custo...
Saturday, July 30, 2016

Diary of William Howard Russell: May 24, 1861

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A great budget of news to-day, which, with the events of the week, may be briefly enumerated. The fighting has actually commenced between t...