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Unknown to Henry W. Halleck, 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 George B. McClellan, November 20, 1861
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY BRIGADE, Camp Qui Vive, November 20, 1861. Respectfully forwarded for the information of the commanding general Army of the Potomac. “This gallant and successful affair of Lieutenant-Colonel Lee…
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Unknown to James P. Martin, November 20, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Oal., November 20, 1861. Lieut. JAMES P. MARTIN, Seventh Infty., Comdg. Co. D, Sixth Infty., Fort Bragg, Cal. : SIR: The general commanding…
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Unknown to Horace Maynard, November 21, 1861
Camp Calvert, near London, Ky., November 21, 1861. DEAR SIR: The copy of Evening Star received this evening assures me you have not forgotten me. We are still here, together…
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Unknown to Charles F. Smith, November 22, 1861
Saint Louis, November 22, 1861. Brig. Gen. C. F. SMITH, Commanding, do., at Paducah, Ky.: It is reported that Goral Hardee, with 8,000 men, is about to cross the Ohio…
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Unknown to J. W. Nye, November 22, 1861
[AND 10 OTHER OFFICERS. SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, November 22, 1861. No. 218. f San Francisco, Cal., November 22, 1861. 1. The headquarters of the First…
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Unknown to Assistant Adjutant-General, November 23, 1861
Fort Bragg Fort Bragg, November 23, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL: Str: I have the honor to report to you that I have this day relieved have appointed First Lieut. Thomas 8.…
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Unknown, November 25, 1861
HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE, November 25, 1861. : Camp Calvert, November 25, 1861. My DEAR SIR: A day or two after I wrote you I received orders to break up…
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Unknown to Don Carlos Buell, November 25, 1861
CALHOUN CALHOUN, November 25, 1861. General BUELL: I wrote you this morning t that a rebel force, said to be commanded by Breckinridge, estimated from 4,000 to 6,000, reached Rochester…
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Unknown to George H. Thomas, November 25, 1861
HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE, November 25, 1861. : Camp Calvert, November 25, 1861. My DEAR SIR: A day or two after I wrote you I received orders to break up…
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Unknown to Horace Maynard, November 25, 1861
November 25, 1861. : Camp Calvert, November 25, 1861. Hon. HoRACE MAYNARD: My DEAR SIR: A day or two after I wrote you I received orders to break up at…
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Unknown to Wildrick, November 25, 1861
Fort Hoskins, Oreg. Fort Hoskins, Oreg., November 25, 1861. Lieutenant WILDRICK, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter.: SIR: I am directed by the commanding. officer of this post to…
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Unknown to Simon Cameron, November 25, 1861
Camp Gauley Mountain Camp Gauley Mountain, November 25, 1861. SIR: My current series of dispatches has informed the commanding general of the principal military events in this department, including those…
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Unknown, November 26, 1861
San Francisco San Francisco, November 26, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GEVERAL, : Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. C.: SIR: On the 22d instant I had the honor to acknowledge the receipt…
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Unknown to E. A. Rigg, November 26, 1861
Los Angeles, Cal. Los Angeles, Cal., November 26, 1861. Maj. E. A. RIGG, ms First Infantry California Volunteers, Commanding Camp Wright: MAJOR: Proceed at once to Fort Yuma and relieve…
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Unknown to George Wright, November 27, 1861
Sacramento Sacramento, November 27, 1861. General GEORGE WRIGHT, U.S. Army, Commanding Department of the Pacific, San Francisco: GENERAL: In the month of July last General Sumner, then commanding Department of…
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Unknown to Cable, November 27, 1861
TEMECULA, CAL. TEMECULA, CAL., November 27, 1861. (Received 4 a. m.) Mr. CABLE: DEAR SIR: You will please deliver the inclosed letter to Mr. Sumner, the gentleman that came to…
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Unknown to J. C. Kelton, November 28, 1861
Cairo, November 28, 1861. Capt. J. C. KELTON, Saint Louis, Mo.: I would respectfully report for the consideration of the general com: manding the department that on Monday last one…
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Unknown to Don Carlos Buell, November 28, 1861
LEBANON LEBANON, November 28, 1861. General BUELL: Express from Colonel Bramlette at 2 o’clock this morning. He says the enemy is now in Wayne County, advancing towards the river; some…
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Unknown to Thomas, November 28, 1861
Camp JERRY BOYLE Camp JERRY BOYLE, November 28, 1861. (Received November 29, 1861.) General THOMAS: GENERAL: There is no doubt that Zollicoffer, with 8,000 men, is in Clinton and Wayne,…
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Unknown to R. C. Drum, November 29, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, —, Fort Ter-Waw, November 29, 1861. Maj. R. C. Drum, Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Pacific : SIR: In accordance with the direction of the general commanding, I have…
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Unknown to Edward A. Wild, November 30, 1861
[Inclosure No. 4.] TEMECULA, CAL., November 30, 1861. FRIEND WILD: Times have changed so that I feel it will be impossible for me to get to my friends in the…
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Unknown to Samuel Cooper, 1861-11-95
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, Galveston, November 95, 1861. . General S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General C. S. A., Richmond, Va. : SIR: I have the honor to inclose herewith, for…
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Unknown to J. C. Kelton, December 2, 1861
E Cairo, December 2, 1861. Capt. J. C. KELTON, Saint Louis, Mo.: Inclosed herewith I send you a letter from Colonel Ross on the subject of winter quarters, change of…