PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA, April 23, 1861. General Sruon CAMERON, Secretary of War: a DEAR Sir: The suspension of intercourse between this place and Washington has caused an intense feeling here in…
Washington Washington, April 22, 1861. Major General PATTERSON, Commanding, &c.: Sm: Your letter to the Adjutant-General of yesterday, brought by Mr. Hill, came to me this night. ie In my…
ORDERS :] HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, April 21, 1861. It is understood that a body of volunteers approaching this city has reached Cockeysville or other points within seventeen or…
HEADQUARTERS HAMPTON LEGION, Camp Johnson, Broad Run, July 29, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that with six hundred infantry of my command I reached Manassas on the…
RicumMonnD, V. A. RicumMonnD, V. A., November 3, 1861. General J. E. JOHNSTON, + Commanding Department of the Potomac: Sir: Reports have been and are being widely circulated to the…
RicuHmMonD, V. A. RicuHmMonD, V. A., October 30, 1861. General G. T. BEAUREGARD: Sir: Yesterday my attention was called to various newspaper publications, purporting to have been sent from Manassas,…
Richmond, V. A. Richmond, V. A., August 4, 1861. General G. T. BEAUREGARD: My DEAR Sir: Inclosed I transmit copies of a resolution of inquiry and the reply to it.*…
Richmond Richmond, July 17, 1861. General J. E. JoHNSTON, Winchester, Va.: General Beauregard is attacked. To strike the enemy a decisive blow a junction of all your effective force will…
MONTEREY MONTEREY, March 6, 1862. Col. WiLLIAM C. Scott, Forty-fourth Regiment Virginia Volunteers : CoLONEL: Your letter, dated Powhatan Court-House, February 28, requesting me to state in my reply what…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE FORCES, Richmond, Va., July 16, 1861. GENERAL: In the dispatch of the 14th instant you were directed to take command of the available troops of the Northwestern…