The following statement in Hayes’s handwriting, evidently prepared about this time, shows what plans the citizens of Cincinnati were making to defend the city against possible attack from Kentucky.
To be ready on the day that Kentucky secedes to take possession of the hills on the Kentucky side which command Cincinnati, or the approaches to it, and prepare to hold them against any force.
a. Regiments ready to cross on short notice with arms; ammunition, provisions, tools, etc., for entrenching; cannon, boats, and all essentials.
b. Cut off telegraphic communication south from Covington and Newport.
c. Also railroad communication.
d. Take all boats; fortify all hills, etc.
e. The prevention of raids to rob banks, etc.
Spies to Frankfort with passwords for dispatches, etc.
