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Danl. Butterfield to Daniel Butterfield, May 2, 1863
HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION, May 2, 1863. May 2, 1863—10.45 p. m. General BUTTERFIELD: Is there a bridge at hand that I can make use of, or am I expected to…
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Letters from Danl. Butterfield
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Danl. Butterfield to Joseph Hooker, May 2, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, May 2, 1863. May 2, 1863—3.30 p. m. General HOOKER: Only balloon ascension wind permitted, at 1 p. m., reports no movements visible on any…
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Danl. Butterfield to D. H. RuckKER, Quartermaster, May 1, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE PUTOMAQ, May 1, 1863. May 1, 1863. (Received 5.40 p. m.) Col. D. H. RuckKER, Quartermaster : I leave now to join our army on the…
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Danl. Butterfield to Joseph Hooker, May 1, 1863
HEADQUARTERS, May 1, 1863. May 1, 1863—1.45 p. m. General HooKER: Balloons both working. Dispatches been sent you by telegraph and courier. Telegraph been out of order; working correct now.…
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Danl. Butterfield to John Sedgwick, April 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863. Major-General SEDGWICK, Commanding, éc.: GENERAL: The Fifth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Corps are all up at Chancellorsville. Two divisions of…
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Danl. Butterfield to Lieutenant-Commander Macaw, April 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863. Lieutenant-Commander Macaw, Aquia Oreek: The major-general commanding desires that you have every available vessel of your fleet suitable for…
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Danl. Butterfield to John Sedgwick, April 29, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, April 29, 1863. April 29, 1863. Major-General SEDGWICK: GENERAL: Yours, inclosing General Wadsworth’s suggestion, is received. The general has retired and is asleep. If the…
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Danl. Butterfield to Robert C. Schenck, April 26, 1863
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 26, 1863. Major-General SCHENCK, Baltimore, Md.: You have abundant forces and the use of the railroad. If you have any apprehension for New Creek, concentrate troops…
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Danl. Butterfield to Henry W. Slocum, April 16, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAQO, April 16, 1863. April 16, 1863. Major-General SLocum, Commanding Twelfth Corps: The following dispatch to Colonel Duffié, at Dumfries, is forwarded for your information :…
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Danl. Butterfield, April 8, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAQO, April 8, 1863. April 8, 1863. Respectfully forwarded, through headquarters of the Army, for the information of the major-general commanding Defenses of Washington. It is…