GENERAL WAR DEPARTMENT, August 31, 1864. CouRT-MARTIAL ORDERS, ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, No. 274, \ Washington, August 31, 1864, The sentences “to be hung,” awarded by a military commission and promulgated in…
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, Washington, January 21, 1865. SIR: In compliance with your instructions I have the honor to submit herewith copies of communications in reference to the exchange of…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY, Washington, October 6, 1861. Brigadier-General ROSECRANS, U.S. A., i Commanding Cross-Lanes, Western Virginia : By Tuesday next [8th instant], at the latest, 3,000 men will leave Pittsburgh to…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, August 22, 1861. Major-General MCCLELLAN, U. S. A., Commanding Department of the. Potomac : – SIR: The General-in-Chief directs me to say that, on information…
et HeEapguagrers Army et HeEapguagrers Army, July 22, 1861. General McDowEL1, U. S. A., Arlington: General Scott says it is eke intended you should reduce your com ea Ri mand…
ALEXANDRIA ALEXANDRIA, July 22, 1861. Col. T. A. Scott: General Scott’s last instructions to me last night, before I retreated, was to retire to our camps in Washington. Is this…
Washington Washington, June 25, 1861. Maj. Gen. N. P. Banks, U.S. A., Commanding Department of Annapolis, Fort McHenry, Md.: Str: The General-in-Chief has heard that on several occasions, when troops…
Washington Washington, June 15, 1861. General MCDOWELL, Arlington: General Scott says, whether Harper’s Ferry is evacuated or not, General Patterson cannot cross the river before Wednesday next [19th]. This in…
Washington Washington, June 15, 1861. Capt. B. Du Barry, U.S. Ag , Chambersburg, Pa.: It is said you are making ‘ire angements to send all regiments arriying at Harrisburg to…
sh Washington sh Washington, June 10, 1861. Maj. Gen. B. F. BUTLER, Commanding Fort Monroe, Virginia : Sir: Your letters of the 4th and 6th instant are received. The General-in-Chief…