There was no snow here, but the sun, just rising, threw no heat, and icicles were hanging from every cliff.

Dispatches were waiting for Colonel Newcomb, and after breakfast he announced to his staff: "I have orders from Washington to divide my regiment.

The Southern forces are operating at three points in Kentucky.

They are gathering at Columbus on the Mississippi, at Bowling Green in the south, and here in the mountains there is a strong division under an officer named Zollicoffer.

Scattered forces of our men, the principal one led by a Virginian named Thomas, are endeavoring to deal with Zollicoffer.