The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 10, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc. Page: 13
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CIAP. XXIL.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION. 13
The Potomac column twenty days ago would have secured all that
country and completely crushed secession in the West. Will General
McClellan meet Western generals for consultation? Halleck is now
moving up Tennessee, but I think that his own force is inadequate for
work before them. Matters for Mississippi River movement progress-
ing well.
THOMAS A. SCOTT,
Assistant Secretary of War.
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE,
Camp Brownlow, March 6, 1862.
Lieutenant-Governor FISK, Frankfort, Ky.:
DEAR SIR: I desire to submit through you to the honorable General
Assembly of Kentucky the consideration of the condition of the Union
men of the Sandy Valley. They have been robbed of all their means
of defense by the rebel army which has lately been driven from this
portion of the State. There is now no organized force of the enemy in
Eastern Kentucky, and if the Union men could be furnished with arms
and the militia thoroughly reorganized the whole region could be
easily protected in future. I believe there is no further danger of an
invasion from beyond the borders of the State, but there will be for a
long time hereafter constant danger to the citizens from small bands of
reckless men, who have no other object than to rob and plunder.
I earnestly commend this matter to the attention of your honorable
bodies, hoping that immediate steps may be taken to shield this un-
happy people from the terrorism which has reigned for the last three
months. I am happy to assure you that the Union sentiment is rapidly
growing among the people, and I believe they can now be safely trusted
with their own defense and the maintenance of the Federal authorities
in their midst.
Hoping that arrangements may be made for their protection when
the troops under my command are withdrawn, I am, very truly, your
obedient servant,
J. A. GARFIELD,
Colonel, Commanding Brigade.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,
Saint Louis, March 6, 1862.
Maj. Gen. U. S. GRANT,
Fort Henry, Tenn.:
I inclose herewith a copy of a letter addressed to Judge Davis, presi-
dent of the Western Investigating Commission. Judge Davis says the
writer is a man of integrity and perfectly reliable.
The want of order and discipline and the numerous irregularities in
your command since the capture of Fort Donelson are matters of gen-
eral notoriety, and have attracted the serious attention of the authori-
ties at Washington Unless these things are immediately corrected I
am directed to relieve you of the command.
H. W. HALLECK,
Major-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 10, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc., book, 1884; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154614/m1/13/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.