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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, April 29, 1863. April 29, 1863. Major-General SEDGWICK: GENERAL: Yours, inclosing General Wadsworth’s suggestion, is received. The general has retired and is asleep. If the…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, April 29, 1863. April 29, 1863—12.15 p. m. Brigadier-General GIBBON, Commanding Division: GENERAL: I have the honor to report that a wagon train of the enemy, of…
HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY CORPS, April 29, 1863. April 29, 1863—10 a. m. General SEDGWICK: Since my first report of this morning, General Wadsworth threw over in boats one of his…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 28, 1863. Major-General SCHENCK, Baltimore, Mad.: Have you no troops in Pennsylvania and Maryland which can be promptly thrown into Wheeling by the Pennsylvania Railroad? The…
CoLUMBUS, Ohio CoLUMBUS, Ohio, April 28, 1863. (Received April 29—9.20 a. m.) Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: We have sent for the protection of Wheeling three companies of…
HARRISBURG HARRISBURG, April 28, 1863. (Received 12.40 p. m.) Hon. E. M. STANTON: It is reported to me that the rebels have taken and now hold Morgantown in force. Please…
Morrisville, Va. Morrisville, Va., April 28, 1863. Captain Comstock, Corps of Engineers: The major-general commanding directs that as soon as the Fifth Corps have crossed the bridge, you will call…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAQ, April 27, 1863. April 27, 1863. (Received April 28.) Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: I have the honor respectfully to request that the…
HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH CORPS, Hartwood Ohurch, April 27, 1863. Maj. Gen. O. O. Howarp, Commanding Eleventh Oorps : GENERAL: I have arrived at this point, and will go into camp as…
CIRCULAR. HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, April 27, 1863. I. I. Until further orders, in order to conceal the movements of the troops from the enemy, the usual duty-calls will be…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 26, 1863. Major-General SCHENCK, Baltimore, Md.: You have abundant forces and the use of the railroad. If you have any apprehension for New Creek, concentrate troops…
BUCKHANNON, V. A. BUCKHANNON, V. A., April 26, 1863. General KELLEY, Commanding Harper’s Ferry : I just received a dispatch from Clarksburg, reporting that at 11.30 p- m. the enemy…
CIRCULAR. HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS, April 26, 1863. April 26, 1863. If there is in this command such a person as the correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer, he will, by direction…
WARRENTON JUNCTION WARRENTON JUNCTION, April 26, 1863. General WILLIAMS: A man by the name of George W. Lake, a resident of Maine, and townsman of Colonel Sawtelle, quartermaster, and a…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. OF THE ARMY, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE, April 24, 1863. No. 186 } Washington, April 24, 1863. manding general, Army of the Potomac, for assignment to duty.…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 24, 1863—8 p. m.. Brig. Gen. B. S. RoBERTS, Buckhannon, Va.: Collect your forces, defend the railroad, and drive the enemy back. You are strong enough…
BUCKHANNON, V. A. BUCKHANNON, V. A., April 24, 1863. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief : The combined forces of Imboden and [W. L.] Jackson attacked Beverly this afternoon, and…
WAR DEPARTMENT, U. S. MILITARY RAILROADS, Washington, D. C., April 23, 1863. The superintendents of military railroads in Virginia are instructed to forward trains with supplies to any point to…
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C., April 23, 1863. Maj. Gen. JOSEPH HOOKER, Headquarters Army of the Potomac: GENERAL: Inclo8ed please find copy of instructions issued this day to superintendents…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS, Warrenton Junction, April 22, 1863. The major-general commanding directs that you direct the head of your column toward this point, and send a staff officer, on receipt…