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Edwin M. Stanton, June 15, 1863
HARRISBURG HARRISBURG, June 15, 1863. (Received 10.55 p. m.) Hon. E. K. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: We had 12 naval howitzers, and 60 gunners, loaded up to-day at Philadelphia…
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Letters from Edwin M. Stanton
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Edwin M. Stanton to Edwin M. Stanton, June 12, 1863
HARRISBURG HARRISBURG, June 12, 1863. Hon. E. M. Stanton: After full consultation this morning, it has been deemed advisable to postpone for ashort period the issuing of general orders, now…
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Edwin M. Stanton to Benjamin F. Kelley, June 9, 1863
HEADQUARTERS, Baltumore, June 9, 1863. Brigadier-General KELLEY, Harper’s [Ferry]: You will proceed at once to mass your troops in more convenient places for rapid and concerted operations, holding railroad bridges…
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Edwin M. Stanton to Charles Ellet, J. R, June 13, 1862
Washington Washington, June 13, 1862. Col. CHARLES ELLET, J. R., Commander of Ram Fleet, opposite Memphis: The appointments of Dr. Roberts as fleet surgeon and Dr. Lawrence as assistant have…
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Edwin M. Stanton, June 16, 1862
HEADQUARTERS MOUNTAIN DEPARTMENT, Mount Jackson, June 16, 1862. A portion of the Sixth Ohio Cavalry, under command of Captain Barrett, sent out this afternoon to recover a small foraging party…
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Edwin M. Stanton to Abraham Lincoln, June 14, 1862
HEADQUARTERS MOUNTAIN DEPARTMENT, Mount Jackson, June 14, 1862. I suggest for the consideration of the President that the condition of affairs here imperatively requires that some position be immediately made…
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E. M. Stanton, June 10, 1862
HEADQUARTERS MOUNTAIN DEPARTMENT, Harrisonburg, Va., June 10, 1862. In my dispatch of yesterday I omitted to state that Colonel Cluseret’s brigade, consisting of the Sixtieth Ohio and Highth Virginia, afterward…
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Edwin M. Stanton to Rufus Saxton, May 24, 1862
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, May 24, 1862. General SAxTON: You will please proceed with the troops from Washington to Harper’s Ferry and operate with them according to your discretion, as circumstances…
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E. M. Stanton, May 24, 1862
HEADQUARTERS, May 24, 1862. : Near Rectortown, Va., May 24, 1862. Captain Gillingham’s company, of the First Maryland, being attacked at Linden by 200 cavalry and two pieces of artillery,…
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Edwin M. Stanton to Nathaniel P. Banks, May 25, 1862
WAR DEPARTMENT WAR DEPARTMENT, May 25, 1862. General BANKS, Williamsport, via Hagerstown : Two of your telegrams have been received. They have greatly relieved our anxiety respecting your command. We…