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Unknown, September 12, 1861
HEADQUARTERS NINETEENTH INDIANA VOLUNTEERS, Camp Advance, September 12, 1861. SIR: In pursuance of your order, received this morning, I herewith submit a report of the part taken by my command…
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Unknown to Irvin McDowell, September 12, 1861
September 12, 1861. SIR: By order of General Smith I was placed under your command yesterday, and in accordance with your directions I led my party as the advance guard…
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Unknown to B. L. Beall, September 12, 1861
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., September 12, 1861. Col. B. L. BEALL, First Dragoons, Fort Vancouver: _ COLONEL: I will give you a brief statement of the…
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Unknown to R. B. Maroy, September 12, 1861
HEADQUARTERS GENERAL BANKY DIVISION, Near Darnestown, Md., September 12, 1861. Chief of Staff to General McClellan, Washington, D. C.: SIR: Major-General Banks directs me to ask if there is any…
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Unknown, September 13, 1861
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, September 13, 1861. No. 2. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., September 13, 1861. The undersigned hereby assumes command of this district in conformity to…
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Unknown to Polk, September 13, 1861
COLUMBUS COLUMBUS, September 13, 1861. General POLK: The undersigned, at the request of many friends interested in the protection of Southern rights in the State of Kentucky, visit you at…
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Unknown, September 14, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS, September 14, 1861. No. —. Camp on Valley River, Va., September 14, 1861. The forced reconnaissance of the enemy’s positions, both at Cheat Mountain Pass and…
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Unknown to Thomas W. Sherman, September 14, 1861
Washington, September 14, 1861. Brig. Gen. THOMAS W. SHERMAN, U. S. A., New York City, N. Y.: General Scott says: *Come here with all your command without delay, leaving the…
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Unknown to L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War, September 14, 1861
Austin, Tex. Austin, Tex., September 14, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War, Richmond, Va.: SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the…
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Unknown to William W. Loring, September 14, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS, September 14, 1861. No. —. Camp on Valley River, Va., September 14, 1861. The forced reconnaissance of the enemy’s positions, both at Cheat Mountain Pass and…
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Unknown to Thomas W. Sherman, U. S. A, September 14, 1861
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, September 14, 1861. Brig. Gen. THOMAS W. SHERMAN, U. S. A., New York City, N. Y.: General Scott says: *Come here with all your command…
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Unknown, September 16, 1861
Camp near San Bernardino, Cal. Camp near San Bernardino, Cal., September 16, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, U. S. Army, Headquarters Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: Company E, Ninth…
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Unknown to George Wright, September 16, 1861
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., September 16, 1861. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report that on the 13th instant I relieved Col. George Wright, Ninth Infantry,…
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Unknown to Edward D. Townsend, September 16, 1861
Camp Fitzgerald, Cal. Camp Fitzgerald, Cal., September 16, 1861. Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco, Cal. : CAPTAIN: The information given you in my letter of the 9th instant has received much…
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Unknown to James W. Denver, September 17, 1861
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, September 17, 1861. Brig. Gen. J. W. DENVER, U.S. Army, Wilmington, Ohio: — Repair to this city and report for orders preparatory to going to…
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Unknown, September 17, 1861
HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE, A. O. W. VA., Elk Water, September 17, 1861. GENERAL: The operations of this brigade for the past few days may be summed up as follows: On…
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Unknown to George B. McClellan, September 17, 1861
HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE, A. O. W. V. A., Elk Water, September 17, 1861. GENERAL: The operations of this brigade for the past few days may be summed up as follows:…
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Unknown to Sanders D. Bruce, September 18, 1861
FRANKFORT FRANKFORT, September 18, 1861. To Capt. SANDERS D. BRUCE: : General Thomas can get six pieces of cannon, 6-pounders, and ammunition and horses. He must Send a mounted force…
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Unknown to Simon Cameron, September 20, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, CAMP NEAR DARNESTOWN, September 20, 1861. ; September 20, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to report, in obedience to the order of the Secretary of War, and the…
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Unknown to P. O. Hebert, September 20, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, San Antonio, Tex., September 20, 1861. -Brig. Gen. P. O. HEBERT: . SIR: By request of your aide, Lieutenant Wilson. I make the following report of…
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Unknown to Abraham Lincoln, September 22, 1861
September 22, 1861. : ; Saint Louis, September 22, 1861.. A. LINCOLN, President, Washington : 3 Your dispatch received. I have immediately ordered Captain Foote with gunboat to dislodge the…
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Unknown to Andrew H. Foote, September 22, 1861
Cairo, Ill., September 22, 1861. Capt. A. H. FOOTE, : Commanding Naval Forces Western Waters, Cairo, TU. : In pursuance of telegraphic instructions received from headquarters Western Department, you will…
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Unknown to E. L. Dudley, September 23, 1861
FRANKFORT, Ky. FRANKFORT, Ky., September 23, 1861. Dispatch from New Castle, stating that Humphrey Marshall, at head of 1,000 cavalry, in Owen; supposed to be moving on to Frankfort. Hold…
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Unknown to R. F. Maury, Esq, September 24, 1861
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, Washington, September 24, 1861. Hon. B. F. HARDING, and R. F. MAURY, Esq., Of Oregon: GENTLEMEN: The War Department being convinced of the necessity of raising…