The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 39, In Three Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc. Page: 86
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86 KY., SW. VA., TENN., MISS., ALA., AND N. GA. [CHAP. LI.
LEXINGTON, KY., June 8, 1864.
Col. J. W. WEATHERFORD,
Thirteenth Kentucky Cavalry, Columbia, Ky.:
General Hobson is expected here every hour. Will send you instruc-
tions at once on his arrival. Rebels captured Mount Sterling this
morning. Guerrillas destroyed train from Louisville at Eminence, and
two bridges on Kentucky Central Railroad. A force, supposed about
400, is at Pine Grove, eleven miles from here.
J. BATES DICKSON,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.
LOUISVILLE, KY., June 8, 1864.
Colonel WEATHERFORD,
Thirteenth Kentucky Cavalry, Burkesville, Ky.:
Just have dispatches from General Hobson indicating that Morgan
is in the State. The general directs that you move your command to-
ward Lebanon at once; send all information you have. Hobson is at
Covington.
THOS. B. FAIRLEIGH,
Lieut. Col. Twenty-sixth Kentucky Veteran Vols., Comdg.
LEXINGTON, KY., June 8, 1864.
Col. I. GARRARD,
Commanding Cavalry Brigade, Nieholasville, Ky.:
Report here is rebels have captured Mount Sterling at 5 a. in. to-day.
Move your command here as soon as lpracticable.
By order of Brigadier-General Burbridge:
J. BATES DICKSON,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.
HDQRS. FIRST DIVISION, DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY,
Lexington, June 8, 1864.
COMMANDING OFFICER,
Irvine, Ky.: -
You will immediately start with your command to Camp Nelson, via
Richmond and Lancaster, bringing with you your stores at Irvine and
Richmond.
By command of Brigadier-General Iobson:
W. W. WOODWARI),
Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
LEXINGTON, Ky., June 8, 1864.
Col. A. H. CLARK,
Camp Nelson:
Have ordered the company as requested; all right at Paris. The
enemy eight miles from Lexington. Guard has arrived.
W. W. WOODWARD,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 39, In Three Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc., book, 1892; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154636/m1/86/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.