George B. McClellan to Beriah Magoffin
1861-06-11
- Date of Creation
- June 11, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1859-1862
- Box / Folder
- MG5-149 to MG5-150
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-019-0079
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208333
Citation
George B. McClellan to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-06-11, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-019-0079 (February 11, 2026).
Cincinnati,
Gov. B. Magoffin
I have received information that Tennessee troops are under orders to occupy Island Number one, six miles below Cairo. In accordance with my understanding with Genl. Buckner, I call upon you to prevent this step. Do you regard the Islands oin the Mississippi river above the Tennessee line as within your jurisdiction, and if so, what ones?
Respectfully
G. B. McClellan
Adj. Genl. U. S. A.
Frankfort, Ky.
Gen. [...]G. B. McClellan, Cincinnati, Ohio
Gen Buckner has gone to Paducah and Columbus — has orders to carry out his understanding with you — am investigating the question of jurisdiction over the Islands to which you allude — will answer further, probably tomorrow
B. Magoffin.
Frankfort,
Gen. S. B. Buckner, Paducah and Columbus, Ky
Gen. McClellan telegraphs me he has reliable information Tennessee troops are under orders for Island No. One, six miles below Cairo, and calls upon me to prevent it according to his understanding with you. It may be we have no jurisdiction over the Islands to which he alludes. I am investigating the question, and have telegraphed him you have orders to carry out the understanding — will telegraph you again tomorrow. The other matter has my approval.
B. Magoffin
Frankfort, Ky.
Gen. G. B. McClellan, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The jurisdiction of Kentucky extends over Wolfe Island, Islands nos. one and eight, and all Islands in the Mississippi river to the Tennessee line similarly situated
B. Magoffin.
Copy of despatches between Genl McClellan & myself —