MANASSAS MANASSAS, July 18, 1861. General S. CooPER, Adjutant General : The enemy began the action at 12 o’clock noon to-day at Mitchell’s Ford—subsequently at McLean’s Ford. Bonham’s and Longstreet’s…
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT, June 17, 1862. No. 85. Tupelo, Miss., June 17, 1862. x * * * * * * IX. The Fourth and Seventeenth Regiments Louisiana…
Tupelo, June 18 1862. Brig. Gen. WILLIAM PRESTON, Commanding Reserve Division, Army of the Mississippi: GENERAL: I am instructed to communicate the following instructions for your guidance: You will proceed…
Tupelo, June 18, 1862. Officer in Oharge Military Railroad Transportation : Sm: One hundred freight cars and five effective locomotives must be sent as soon as practicable to Grenada, Miss.,…
Tupelo, June 19, 1862. Maj. Gen. EARL VAN DORN Commanding Army of the West, near Tupelo: GENERAL: I am instructed to convey to you the orders of the President that…
Tupelo, June 23, 1862. AND. W. MOKEE, Agent Subsistence Department: Sir: Your communication of the 15th instant to Lieutenant-Colonel Lee has been submitted to the general commanding, who directs me…
Tupelo, June 23, 1862. General OC. G. DAHLGREN, La Fayette, Miss. : ; GENERAL: As your recent command was exercised within limits now embraced within the department under command at…
Tupelo, June 23, 1862. Capt. E. E. PoRTER, Commanding Partisan Rangers : CAPTAIN: Your letter of the 17th instant, addressed to General Beauregard, has been read with great satisfaction by…
GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT NO. 2, July 2, 1862. No. 87. Tupelo, Miss., July 2, 1862. The commander of the forces is pleased to have occasion to commend to the…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT NO. 2, Tupelo, Miss., July 4, 1862. COLONEL: As you have kindly consented to take the general super. intendence of the work of completing the Meridian and Selma…
GENERAL ORDERS, ‘ HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, July 5, 1862. No. 23. Tupelo, Miss., July 5, 1862. In obedience to General Orders, No. 89, from Headquarters of Department No.…
GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT NO. 2, July 17, 1862. No. 100. Tupelo, Miss., July 17, 1862. The personal and general staff of the commander of the forces are announced as…
Tupelo, Miss., July 21, 1862. Col. M. L. CLARK, Ohief of Artillery : COLONEL: The field artillery of the Army of the Mississippi has been ordered to move by land…
July 21, 1862. No. 1. Tupelo, Miss., July 21, 1862. I. The undersigned, by ordér of the general commanding the depart: ment, assumes command of the District of the Tennessee,…
Tupelo, Miss., July 23, 1862. General COOPER: GENERAL: The great importance of the line of connection through East Tennessee, now seriously threatened by a heavy column under General Buell, forces…
Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., June 20, 1863. GENERAL: Your letter of the 24th of May, relative to the general services of the engineers in your district, was, together…
Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., June 23, 1863. GENERAL: I am instructed to communicate, for your information, the following indorsement of the commanding general on the com- munications of…
Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., June 24, 1863. Lieut. Col. D. B. Harris, Chief Engineer, Dept. S. C., Ga., and Fla. : CoLoNnEL: The commanding general directs me to…
Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., July 1, 1863. GENERAL: The subject-matter of your communication of the 25th ultimo has been considered by the commanding general, who instructs me to…
Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., July 9, 1863. Lieut. Col. D. B. Harris, Chief Engineer, &c.: CoLONEL: The commanding general directs me to call your attention to the urgent…
Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., July 10, 1863. Maj. Hutson LE&z, Chief Quartermaster, &c. : Masor: A brigade (Clingman’s) is to be sent here from Wilmington. Make every possible…
Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., July 10, 1863. Col. A. J. GONZALES, Chief of Artillery, &c. : CoLONEL: You will repair forthwith to inspect the heavy batteries on James…
Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., July 11, 1863. GENERAL: I am instructed to inform you of the expected arrival of ten companies from Savannah, and one brigade from Wilmington,…
Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., July 15, 1863. Brig. Gen. R. 8S. RIPLEY, GENERAL : The commanding general directs that General Hagood be instructed to open fire on Black…