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Hagerstown, Md., June 21, 1861. General McCAuL1, Harrisburg, Pa.: Please send the following to Colonel Wallace : Five thousand cartridges and six thousand caps for rifle (caliber .54inch) and eight…
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Hagerstown, Md., June 20, 1861. Brig. Gen. J. 8S. NEGLEY, Commanding Fifth Brigade, near Hagerstown, Md. : GENERAL: The commanding general directs you to move as early as practicable towards…
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Hagerstown, Md., June 17, 1861. General CADWALADER, Williamsport, Md.: GENERAL: Have halted Thomas, Miles, and Burnside, sent for a battery at Carlisle, and have the whole force here ready to…
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Hagerstown, Md., June 17, 1861. Col. LEW1s WALLACE, Eleventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Cumberland, Md.: COLONEL: Simultaneously with your telegram that your scouts had Seen no troops within twelve miles of…
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Hagerstown, Md., June 16, 1861. Bvt. Maj. Gen. GhorGE CADWALADER, Commanding First Division : GENERAL: The commanding general wishes you to detach forthwith the whole of the Rhode Island regiment…
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Hagerstown, Md., June 16, 1861. Bvt. Maj. Gen. GEORGE CADWALADER, Commanding First Division, Williamsport, Md.: GENERAL: By direction of the commanding general I send you a dispatch from Colonel Wallace,*…
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Chambersburg, Pa., June 15, 1861. Engineer Corps, en route to Williamsport : CAPTAIN: In reply to your note of this date, I have, by direction of the commanding general, hastily…
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Chambersburg, Pa., June 14, 1861. Sir: The commanding general instructs me to inform you that as soon as he can move his force, so as to strike a blow on…
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Chambersburg, Pa., June 12, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Headquarters of Army, Washington City: General Cadwalader arrived, and goes to Greencastle to command First Division, composed of First, Third, and…
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Chambersburg, Pa., June 6, 1861. Srr: I am instructed by Major-General Patterson to direct you to halt your forces at Cumberland, securing the bridges over the Potomac and Green Spring…