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Robert C. Schenck to O. DE ForgEst, June 13, 1863
Kettle Run Kettle Run, June 13, 1863. Fairfax Court-House : Returned last night at 11 p.m., with 1 captain and 6 men of Mosby’s command, and 10 horses. Mosby returned…
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Letters from Robert C. Schenck
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Robert C. Schenck to W. M. H. Chesebrough, June 6, 1863
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, June 6, 1863. Ordered, that Brig. Gen. D. Tyler be assigned to duty in the Middle Department, as senior brigadier in the Middle Department, without regard…
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Robert C. Schenck to HooKErR, June 4, 1863
Fort Monroe Fort Monroe, June 4, 1863. General HooKErR: The force was withdrawnfrom West Point on Sunday night [May 31], Tintendto move from two points in my department at the…
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Robert C. Schenck to William F. Barry, May 2, 1863
Washington Washington, May 2, 1863. Brig. Gen. W. F. BARRY, Present : GENERAL: You will immediately proceed to Pittsburgh and Wheeling, endeavor to allay the panic, and organize defense against…
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Robert C. Schenck to H. W. Halleok, April 29, 1863
BALTIMORE, MpD. BALTIMORE, MpD., April 29, 1863. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLEOK, General-in-Ohief : The fighting, the way it looks now, may be west of the Alleghanies. The report by…
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Robert C. Schenck to Robert C. Schenck, April 28, 1863
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 28, 1863. Major-General SCHENCK, Baltimore, Mad.: Have you no troops in Pennsylvania and Maryland which can be promptly thrown into Wheeling by the Pennsylvania Railroad? The…
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Robert C. Schenck to Benjamin S. Roberts, April 24, 1863
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 24, 1863—8 p. m.. Brig. Gen. B. S. RoBERTS, Buckhannon, Va.: Collect your forces, defend the railroad, and drive the enemy back. You are strong enough…
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Robert C. Schenck to E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C, April 19, 1863
BALTIMORE BALTIMORE, April 19, 1863. Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.: Sir: I send Brigadier-General Lockwood to Washington, to confer with you, and through you with…
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Robert C. Schenck to W. H. Chesebruugh, March 29, 1863
MARIETTA, Ohio MARIETTA, Ohio, March 29, 1863. Lieut. Col. W. H. CHESEBRUUGH, Assistant Adjutant-General : Reports from Kanawha region show that some rebel cavalry force has come in from Kentucky;…
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Robert C. Schenck to J. C. Kelton, February 11, 1863
BALTIMORE, M. D. BALTIMORE, M. D., February 11, 1863. Col. J. C. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant-General, Hdgqrs. of the Army: COLONEL: I received yesterday the telegram of the General-in-Chief in relation…