OPERATIONS IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE. [CHAP.XII.
Campbellsville, between 2,500 and 3,000 at Columbia, and an equal number at Lebanon. Some people advise me to go home by Glasgow.
Respectfully,
P. R. CLEBURNE, Colonel, Commanding, &c.
RICHMOND, November 11, 1861.
General HUMPHREY MARSHALL, Wytheville, Va.:
If Colonel Williams retires by Pound Gap road, you must make your forward movement from Abingdon, where your troops should be concentrated in the event. It is stated that Trigg's regiment was to march to-day from Wytheville. It had better be kept back until you have definite and reliable information respecting Wiliams' intentions. Reply by telegraph.
S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General.
WYTHEVILLE, 17 MILES FROM JEFFERSONVILLE, November 11, 1861.
General COOPER:
Colonel Williams reports two actions.* Ten killed on our side; 150 reported as enemy's loss; but Williams retreated from Piketon on Pound Gap, and abandoned public property for want of transportation. Wytheville road now open to enemy. I shall keep Trigg's regiment and the battery on this road, and order Moore to re-enforce Williams at Pound Gap. Wytheville must be covered. The enemy at Piketon 3,000 to 3,500 and main body behind. Give me two regiments at once, if possible, and another battery, and I will succeed quickly, and return what may be left. If this cannot be done, I will do all I can.
HUMPHREY MARSHALL.
SPECIAL ORDERS,} ADJT. AND INSP'R GENERAL'S OFFICE, Numbers 216. } Richmond, Va., November 11, 1861.
1. Colonel Danville Leadbetter, Provisional Army, is hereby assigned to the command of the troops to be stationed for the protection of the railroad between Bristol and Chattanooga, Tenn. He will reconstruct bridges, repair and keep open the line of communication between those points, and will call upon railroad companies for such aid as he may require to carry out this order.
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3. Major General G. B. Cirttenden, Provisional Army, will immediately proceed to Cumberland Gap, Ky., and assume command of the troops in that district, reporting at once by letter to General A. S. Johnston at Bowling Green, Ky.
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By order of the Secretary of War:
JNO. WITHERS, Assistant Adjutant-General.
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*At Ivy Mountain and Piketon. See reports, pp. 227, 228.
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