CHAP.XII.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.- UNION.

[Indorsement.]

DEAR GENERAL: I doubt not that the secessionists contemplate taking Lexington and seizing the banks. It is vital importance that you send a regiment to Lexington by Friday evening. I have harness sufficient for the guns and limber, but not for the caissons. I am preparing some ammunition. Send with your regiment some extra ammunition for the Home Guards. I will let you have six guns, 6-pounders, and caissons, if you desire them. Send your for these guns directly this place by way of Nicholasville and Versailles.

yours, truly,

SAM. GILL.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Louisville, Ky., September 19, 1861.

Lieutenant-Colonel OLIVER, Commanding Independent Rifle Battalion, Cincinnati, Ohio:

COLONEL: You would place the State of Kentucky and our Union under great obligations to yourself and your command if your could come down to our assistance. General Sherman is in advance, and needs all the force we can raise. Kentucky has no armed men whose services I can command. If you come, bring all the camp equipage and ammunition you can get. Whilst in the service, you shall have the same pay as given by law.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

ROBERT ANDERSON, Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Commanding.

NICHOLASVILLE, September 19 [1861] - 11.30 p. m.

General THOMAS:

I have just sent forward some of my men to Lexington. Will have trains in two hours, and by 3 o'clock a. m. will be at Lexington with my regiment. I have not seen or heard of the cavalry, but will order it forward when it arrives. We are in advance of all expectation, and will take them by surprise. I met the inclosed dispatch at this place from General Anderson. We will do what men may do; rely on us for that. I deem it better to go forward to-night, as it will avoid the tricks of the secessionists on the road.

In haste, respectfully,

THO. E. BRAMLETTE.

[Inclosure.]

LOUISVILLE, September 19, 1861.

To S. D. BRUCE, for Brigadier-General THOMAS, Camp Robinson:

You are authorized to send a regiment to the camp at Lexington, Ky.

ROBERT ANDERSON, Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Commanding.

GENERAL ORDERS,} WAR DEPARTMENT, A. G. O., Numbers 80. } Washington, September 19, 1861.

I. The Military Department of the Ohio will in future consist of the State of that name, Indiana, and so much of Kentucky as lies within 15