S. Eifort to James F. Robinson
1862-10-06
- Date of Creation
- October 6, 1862
- Place of Creation
- Boone Furnace, Carter County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1862-1863
- Box / Folder
- R2-78 to R2-79
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-027-0049
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32211160
- People
- Tod, David
- Edmonson, H. A.
- Wright, Horatio Gouverneur
- Robinson, James Fisher
- Eifort, Sebastian
- Places
- Boone Furnace, Kentucky
- Boyd County, Kentucky
- Carter County, Kentucky
- Catlettsburg, Kentucky
- Greenup County, Kentucky
- Kentucky
- Lewis County, Kentucky
- Morgan County, Kentucky
- Ohio
- Olive Hill, Kentucky
- Owingsville, Kentucky
- Pike County, Kentucky
- Portsmouth, Ohio
- Virginia
Citation
S. Eifort to James F. Robinson, 1862-10-06, Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1862-1863, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-027-0049 (February 11, 2026).
Boone Furnace Ky.
Gov. Robbinson
Dear Sir
We arrived at this place with seven Companys of the 117 Ohio V. Regt on the morning of the and and driving women & children to the woods too taken all the goods in the Store Mules & Horsses away with them, value 3,000$.
This force is encampt at Olive Hill 11 to 1200 strong with 2 peises of arttilery they took two men from this place, one returned yesterday with this information the commanding officer by the name of Lt Col H A Edmonson Tugg Regt Va are the terror of the Union men here and have taken possession of the State Road from Cattletsburg. to Owingsville and plundering [...]roabing the whole country of Horsses Mules & goods and subsistence, Men women & children are leaving the State for Ohio, men are afraid of staying as the press them in the Rebbel service
The Rebels have eaten out Morgan PikeSandy to Owingsville and are compelled to same north of that Road for suppleys. also keep up a line of communication with there forces in Kentucky and Va by that Road. and use it in case of a retreat for there forces to Va
This part of the State will have to have some protection please telegraph to the Gov of Ohio to let the 117. Regt O. V. take prossion of that Road at Olive Hill them and a few companey of arttilery Cavalry a a few pises of Artillery and we can raise 4 or 500 Home Guard can hold that Road and give protection to Carter Lewis Boyd & Greenup County, and the Ohio River, or the Union Men will have to leave the State with there property and let the Rebels have full sway. The Home Guards killed 75 or 80 men of Morgans men in there late raid
Shall keep you posted in affairs here and should you want to telegraph send to [...] Portsmouth Ohio. Telegraph to Gov Tod of Ohio ^or Gen H G, Wright^ for premission for the Regt to remain it will do more good here in Camp, as this is the point to protect the frontier of Ohio and River
better than have them stationed in Portsmouth
Please do all you can
Yours Respectfully
S Eifort