HEADQUARTERS ENGINEER BRIGADE, Washington, June 24, 1863. General 8. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant-General : I do not distinctly understand what is desired by the last telegram, just received, directing me to…
CHARLESTON CHARLESTON, June 24, 1863. Maj. Gen. DaBney H. Maury, Mobile, Ala. : DEAR GENERAL: Yours of the 20th instant has just been received. I am aware of the defenseless…
Houston, Tex. Houston, Tex., June 25, 1863. Brig. Gen. H. P. BEE, Commanding, &e.: Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 22d instant,…
CHARLESTON, S. C. CHARLESTON, S. C., June 25, 1863. Maj. Gen. W. H. C. WHITING, Commanding at Wilmington, N. CL: DEAR GENERAL: Your letter of the 17th instant was duly…
Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., June 25, 1863. Brig. Gen. THomMas JORDAN, Chief of Staff, &c.: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of…
CHARLESTON CHARLESTON, July 10, 1863. General RIPLEY : Is the firing from our works, Morris Island, at the monitors or at the enemy on land? Enjoin against throwing away ammunition…
Fort SuMTER Fort SuMTER, July 10, 1863. Captain NANCE: Colonel Yates telegraphs me batteries gone. Colonel Graham is fighting them with infantry. d Let three companies of Charleston Battalion come…
Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., July 11, 1863. Asst, Adjt. Gen., First Mil. Dist., Charleston, S. C.: It would [be well] to order the troops and batteries in the…
CHARLESTON, S. C. CHARLESTON, S. C., July 23, 1863. General S. CooPErR, Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va. : Am willing to run risk of using that 7-inch Brooke gun…
CHARLESTON CHARLESTON, July 23, 1863. Brig. Gen. R. S. Ripley, Commanding First Military District: GENERAL: I made the best examination in my power of the flats between Morris and James…
Richmond Richmond, July 24, 1863. General BEAUREGARD, Charleston, S. C.: The 7-inch Brooke gun, referred to in your dispatch, has already been turned over by the Navy Department to the…
HEADQUARTERS ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT, Charleston, July 28, 1863. Commanding Officer, Montgomery Arsenal: If you have any 8 or 10 inch columbiad carriages, chassis, and platforms, or any 10-inch shot or shell,…
HEADQUARTERS, Morton, Miss., August 2, 1863. His Excellency J. G. SHORTER, Governor of Alabama: Sir: I have just had the honor to receive your letter of the 28th ultimo. I…
HDQRS. EXPEDITION AGAINST THE SNAKE INDIANS, August 3, 1863. Camp No. 33, on Camas Prairie, August 3, 1863. SIR: I have the honor to report the arrival of my entire…
McMINNVILLE McMINNVILLE, August 8, 1863. General Bragg reached Chattanooga on his retreat from Tullahoma with about 28,000 or 30,000 men. The army has been distributed. A portion of cavalry at…
LOUISVILLE LOUISVILLE, August 11, 1863. Capt. CHARLES R. THOMPSON, Aide-de-Camp: General Burnside has left Lexington for Camp Nelson this evening.
CINCINNATI CINCINNATI, August 12, 1863. General BURNSIDE, Camp Nelson: As far asI can find out, the first regiment of Potter’s division, the Eleventh New Hampshire, left Cairo at 1.30 to-day.…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS, August 13, 1863. August 14, [1863]—10.15 a. m. ; (Received 11 a. m.) This communication is respectfully forwarded to headquarters Army of the Potomac, with the Richmond…
CINCINNATI CINCINNATI, August 13, 1863. General BURNSIDE, Camp Nelson : I received no instructions from you during the night, but I was told by the operator at the Ohio and…
Camp NELSON Camp NELSON, August 13, 1863. L. Richmond, Assistant Adjutant-General : General Potter’s division will not be turned off at Seymour, but will proceed to Cincinnati to remain there…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS, August 13, 1863. August 14, [1863]—10.15 a. m. ; (Received 11 a. m.) This communication is respectfully forwarded to headquarters Army of the Potomac, with the Richmond…
Vicksburg, MIss. Vicksburg, MIss., August 14, 1863. . (Via Louisville, Ky., 23d. Received 1.10 p. m.) Hon. E. M. Stanton: Sir: Major-General Grant is very desirous of having transferred to…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF TEXAS, &C., Near Millican, August 15, 1863. Brig. Gen. H. P. BEE, Commanding Western Sub-District : Sir: I am directed by the major-general commanding to say to…
Hillsborough, Tenn. Hillsborough, Tenn., August 15, 1863. Colonel STARLING, Assistant Adjutant-General : CoLONEL: I have just received a report from General Wagner that a body of rebel cavalry was at…