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Robert S. Garnett to Taylor, April 19, 1861
Washington Washington, April 19, 1861. Capt. H. G. WrieGHt, Corps of Engineers, Washington ; Sir: You are selected as an engineer officer of high science and judgment, to repair promptly…
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Letters from Robert S. Garnett
B. 1819 · D. 1861
Robert Selden Garnett was a career military officer, serving in the United States Army until the American Civil War, when he became a Confederate States Army brigadier general. He was the first general officer killed in the Civil War.
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Robert S. Garnett to P. St. George Cocke, May 2, 1861
Richmond, Va. Richmond, Va., May 2, 1861. General P. St. GEORGE COCKE: GENERAL: The commanding general has to-day ordered two hundred flint-lock muskets, with fifty rounds of ammunition for each,…
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Robert S. Garnett to Joseph E. Johnston, June 2, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF F’REDERICKSBURG, Fredericksburg, Va., June 2, 1861. Sir: I have the honor to state, for the information of the commanding general, that four of the enemy’s armed steamers…