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Unknown, September 7, 1861
San Francisco San Francisco, September 7, 1861. COLONEL: Since my letter to you of the 30th ultimo the Union party has triumphed in the election, which makes things much safer…
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Unknown to George B. McClellan, March 8, 1862
PRESIDENT’S GENERAL WAR ORDER, EXECUTIVE MANSION, TE IN O EO. Washington, March 8, 1862. Ordered, That no change of the base of operations of the Army of the Potomac shall…
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Unknown to Edwin M. Stanton, February 3, 1862
Washington, February 3, 1862. SIR: I ask your indulgence for the following paper, rendered necessary by circumstances. I assumed command of the troops in the vicinity of Washington on Saturday,…
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Unknown, January 31, 1862
PRESIDENT’S SPECIAL WAR ORDER, EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 31, 1862. No. 1. Washington, January 31, 1862. Ordered, That all the disposable force of the Army of the Potomac, after providing safely…
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Unknown, January 27, 1862
PRESIDENT’S GENERAL WAR ORDER, EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 27, 1862. No. 1. Washington, January 27, 1862. Ordered, That the 224 day of February, 1862, be the day for a general movement…
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Unknown to Benjamin Franklin Butler, February 23, 1862
Washington, February 23, 1862. GENERAL: Youare assigned to the command of the land forces destined to co-operate with the Navy in the attacks upon New Orleans. You willuse every means…
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Unknown to David Hunter, February 14, 1862
Washington, February 14, 1862. GENERAL: Your dispatches in regard to the occupation of Dawfuskie Island, &c., were received to-day. I saw also to-day, for the first time, your requisition for…
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Unknown, November 19, 1861
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF KANAWHA, Camp Piney, November 19, 1861. SIR: In execution of a general plan, of which you were fully advised in my last dispatch, I succeeded [ November…
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Unknown to John C. Frémont, November 11, 1861
: – : HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ES s Washington, D. C., November 11, 1861. GENERAL: In Belen you to the command of the Department of the Missouri, it is…
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Unknown to George B. McClellan, January 7, 1869
Washington, January 7, 1869. GENERAL: In accordance with verbal instructions heretofore given you, you will, after uniting with Flag-Officer Goldsborough, at Fort Monroe, proceed under his convoy to Hatteras Inlet,…