John White Geary was an American lawyer, politician, Freemason, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was the final alcalde and first mayor of San Francisco, a governor of the Kansas Territory, and the 16th governor of Pennsylvania.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, September 25, 1861. General ROSECRANS, U. S. A., Cross-Lanes, Va.: No blow has been struck at you. That phrase objectionable.+ Draw re-enforcements and supplies as…
HEADQUARTERS ADVANCE BRIGADE, Leesburg, Va., March 9, 1862. SIR: On the morning of the 7th I learned there were about 1,000 infantry, some artillery, and between 200 and 300 cavalry…
HEADQUARTERS ADVANCE BRIGADE, Middleburg, Va., March 27, 1862—4 p. m.. Sm: Upon reaching here about noon to-day I found there were about * Tabulated on p. 384. tSee also Series…
HEADQUARTERS ADVANCE BRIGADE, White Plains, Va., March 31, 1862. GENERAL: Yesterday afternoon I examined the line of the. railroad from this point to Salem, and also to Thoroughfare. The road…
HEADQUARTERS ADVANCE BRIGADE, White Plains, Va., March 31, 1862. GENERAL: Yesterday afternoon I examined the line of the. railroad from this point to Salem, and also to Thoroughfare. The road…
HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH ARMY CORPS, August 20, 1863. August 20, 1863, Major-General HUMPHREYS: It is reported by Lieutenant-Colonel Johnstone, Fifth New York Cavalry, said to be at Ballard’s Dam, that a…