Life of Wm Tecumseh Sherman .. . ce of from twenty-fiveto thirty-five hundred Rebel ^entuckians waiting rein-forcements from Virginia. My last report from him wasto October 28th, at which time he had Colonel HarrissOhio Second, nine hundred strong ; Colonel NortonsTwenty-first Ohio, one thousand ; and Colonel Sills Thirty-third Ohio, seven hundred and fifty strong; with twoirregular Kentucky regiments, Colonels Marshall and Mat-calf. The troops were on the road near Hazel Green andWest Liberty, advancing toward Prestonburg. Upon an inspection of the map, you will observe theseare all divergent
Life of Wm Tecumseh Sherman .. . ce of from twenty-fiveto thirty-five hundred Rebel ^entuckians waiting rein-forcements from Virginia. My last report from him wasto October 28th, at which time he had Colonel HarrissOhio Second, nine hundred strong ; Colonel NortonsTwenty-first Ohio, one thousand ; and Colonel Sills Thirty-third Ohio, seven hundred and fifty strong; with twoirregular Kentucky regiments, Colonels Marshall and Mat-calf. The troops were on the road near Hazel Green andWest Liberty, advancing toward Prestonburg. Upon an inspection of the map, you will observe theseare all divergent lines, but rendered necessary, from thefact that our enemies choose them as places of refuge frompursuit, where they can receive assistance from neighbor-ing States. Our lines are all too weak, probably with theexception of that of Prestonburg. To strengthen these, Iam thrown on the raw levies of Ohio and Indiana, whoarrive in detachments, perfectly fresh from the country,and loaded down with baggage, also upon the Kentuckians,. TFJF. ADVANTAGE. Ill who aie slowiy foiling legiments all ovei the State, atpoints remote from danger, and whom it will be almostimpossible to assemble together. The organization of thislatter force is, by the laws of Kentucky, under the con-trol of a military board of citizens, at the capital, Frank-fort, and they think they will be enabled to have fifteenregiments toward the middle of this month, but I doubt it,and deem it unsafe to rely on them. There are fourregiments forming in the neighborhood of Owensboro,near the mouth of Green River, who are doing goodservice, also in the neighborhood of Campbellsville, but itis unsafe to rely on troops so suddenly armed and are not yet clothed or uniformed. I know well youwill think our force too widely distributed, but we areforced to it by the attitude of our enemies, whose forceand numbers the country never has and probably neverwill comprehend. I am told that my estimate of troops ne
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