OPERATIONS IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE. [CHAP.XII.

within call, in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Do not let General Buell be diverted. I must have him.

ROBERT ANDERSON, Brigadier-General.

INDIANAPOLIS, September 2, 1861.

HonorableTHOMAS A. SCOTT, Assistant Secretary of War:

At the risk of being considered troublesome I will say the conspiracy to precipitate Kentucky into revolution is complete. The blow may be struck at any moment, and the southern border is lined with Tennessee troops, ready to march at the instant the Government is ready to meet them. If we lose Kentucky now, God help us.

O. P. MORTON, Governor of Indiana.

INDIANAPOLIS, September 2, 1861.

President LINCOLN:

Kentucky desires that Governor Morton be authorized to send at once to the Ohio River five regiments and two batteries, including Colonel Wallace's regiment. This is also the desire of General Anderson.

We are here representing the views of the Union men of Kentucky to the Governor of Indiana. Governor Morton is apprised of this dispatch and concurs.

J. T. BOYLE, JOHN J. SPEED, Of Louisville.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, Cairo, Ill., September 7, 1861.

Brigadier General E. A. PAINE, Commanding Post, Paducah, Ky.:

I have just received instructions from General Fremont, Saint Louis, that the detachment of Colonel Oglesby's regiment shall remain at paducah until re-enforcements arrive from Saint Louis, which will be in a few days. You will therefore consider the order from General Grant to return the detachment superseded, and the detachment will remain at your post until further orders. I am excepting Colonel Smith's regiment from Cape Girardeau every hour, and they will immediately proceed to Paducah. General Grant has gone to Jackson to see what forces can be spared there. He will return to-day.

WM. S. KILLYER, Captain and Aide-de-Camp.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, Cairo, Ill., September 7, 1861.

Brigadier General JOHN McCLERNAND, Commanding, &c., Cairo, Ill.:

You will please detail a regiment of infantry and two pieces of light artillery to proceed without delay to Paducah, Ky., to be placed upon their arrival under the command of General E. A. Paine, commanding post. You will also furnish such steamboat transportation as may be necessary.

WM. S. HILLYER, Captain and Aide-de-Camp.