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Joseph Hooker to Seth Williams, April 30, 1863
GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAG, April 30, 1863. No 48. } Camp near Falmouth, Va., April 30, 1863. The frequent transmission of false intelligence and the betrayal of…
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Joseph Hooker to BUTTERFIELD, Chief of Staff, April 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS First Corps HEADQUARTERS First Corps, April 30, 1863. General BUTTERFIELD, Chief of Staff: If General Hooker has not seen the positions of the lower bridges, and has time, I…
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Unknown to Daniel Butterfield, April 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS FIRST CORPS, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863—1.55 p. m. General BUTTERFIELD: Enemy have formed a column of attack which threatens my right. They are advancing. REYNOLDS Major-General.
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Joseph Hooker to John Gibbon, April 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAQ, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863. (Received 3.50 p. m.) Brigadier-General GIBBON, Commanding Second Division, Second Corps: Fill up haversacks and knapsacks with eight days’…
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John Gibbon to Daniel Butterfield, April 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863—2.30 p. m. Major-General BUTTERFIELD, Chief of Staff: The force in front of Falmouth seems to have been decreased. Nothing seen but…
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Danl. Butterfield to John Sedgwick, April 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863. Major-General SEDGWICK, Commanding, éc.: GENERAL: The Fifth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Corps are all up at Chancellorsville. Two divisions of…
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John Sedgwick to Daniel Butterfield, April 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS LEFT WING, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863—8.45 p. m. Maj. Gen. D. BUTTERFIELD, Chief of Staff, Army of the Potomac: GENERAL: I have the honor to state that…
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John Sedgwick to BUTTERFIELD, Chief of Staff, April 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS LEFT WING, April 30, 1863. ; April 30, 1863. General BUTTERFIELD, Chief of Staff: The enemy seems to be in heavy force in front of both Reynolds and Brooks,…
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John F. Reynolds to Sedg Wick, April 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY CORPS, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863. General SEDG WICK, Commanding Left Wing: I have just explained what I thought threatened my bridge-heads. I do not know…
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James Allen to Daniel Butterfield, April 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS LEFT WING, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863—3.45 p. m. Major-General BUTTERFIELD: General Reynolds sends word in regard to movement of troops of the enemy on his front, as…
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John F. Reynolds to Major-General SEDGWIOK, April 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY CORPS, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863—p. m. Major-General SEDGWIOK : Large bodies of infantry are now moving up to our right, from across the Massaponax. Columns…
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Seth Williams to Henry W. Benham, April 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH CORPS, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863—3 p. m. [Captain CUSHING :] i273 Received message from Major-General Butterfield in regard to General Reynolds being threatened. JOHN SEDGWICK, Major-General.…
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Seth Williams to Darius N. Couch, April 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAQ, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863—1 p. m. Major-General CoucH, United States Ford: Third Corps is under orders to be across the river at United…
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H. C. Rodgers to Oliver O. Howard, April 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAQ, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863—2.15 p. m. Commanding Officer, Fifth Army Corps: No advance beyond Chancellorsville till columns are concentrated. DANL. BUTTERFIELD, Chief of…
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J. B. Brooks to Joseph Hooker, April 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAQ, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863—5.30 p. m. Major-General HOOKER : Firing at Sedgwick’s. No report yet. Shall that order be printed about firing low,…
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Danl. Butterfield to Lieutenant-Commander Macaw, April 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863. Lieutenant-Commander Macaw, Aquia Oreek: The major-general commanding desires that you have every available vessel of your fleet suitable for…
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Unknown to Henry W. Halleck, April 29, 1863
BALTIMORE, M. D. BALTIMORE, M. D., April 29, 1863. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief, ‘Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: You may have observed some published notice of a bridg between…
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Benjamin F. Kelley to Robert C. Schenck, April 29, 1863
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 29, 1863. Major-General SCHENCK, Baltimore, Md. : Two companies have gone from Sandusky to Wheeling, and Governor Tod has also sent, it is said, some others…
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Henry W. Halleck to Ambrose E. Burnside, April 29, 1863
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 29, 1863. Major-General BURNSIDE, Cincinnati, Ohio: If you have any available troops that can be temporarily detached to assist General Schenck, throw them into Parkersburg and…
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Robert C. Schenck to H. W. Halleok, April 29, 1863
BALTIMORE, MpD. BALTIMORE, MpD., April 29, 1863. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLEOK, General-in-Ohief : The fighting, the way it looks now, may be west of the Alleghanies. The report by…