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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS GRAND RESERVE DIVISION, Stafford Court-House, Va., February 2, 1863. Lieut. Col. Jos. Dickinson, Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of the Potomac: COLONEL: Pursuant to orders of the 28th instant, I have…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, February 26, 1863. February 26, 1863. The pontoon boats, &c., referred to in this communication will be turned over to Captain Hine’s orders for transportation to…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAQO, Camp near Falmouth, Va., February 2, 1863. Col. J. C. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant-General : General Orders, No. 19, February 22, 1862, provide for the inscription…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, February 1, 1863. February 1, 1863. Col. J. O. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant-General : COLONEL: I inclose herewith a copy of a letter received from General…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, Camp near Falmouth, Va., February 1, 1863. Lieutenant-Commander Macaw, Comdg. Potomac Flotilla: Sir: General Hooker desires that you should use every exertion to stop the…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION, FIFTH CORPS, February 1, 1863. February 1, 1863. Approved, and respectfully forwarded. This step will have to be taken in all the old regiments under my command.…
Camp near Falmouth, Va. Camp near Falmouth, Va., January 31, 1863. Lieut. E. E. SELLERS, A. A. A. G., Hdgrs. 2d Brig., Sykes’ Div. : Srm: I have the honor…
Camp near Falmouth, Va. Camp near Falmouth, Va., January 30, 1863. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALueck, Commander-in-Chief : By General Orders, No. 61, War Department, 1862, leaves of absence cannot…
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C., January 30, 1863. General H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Ohief, U. 8S. Army, Washington, D. O.: GENERAL: In relation to the exchange of the Pennsylvania Reserves…
ORDERS. ] HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF KANAWHA, Charleston, January 29, 1863. Colonel Paxton is directed to send one or two companies of cavalry on the road leading south from Cannelton. There…
Marietta, Ohio Marietta, Ohio, January 29, 1863. Maj. N. H. McLean, Chief of Staff, Department of the Ohio: Magor: I have the honor to inclose a copy of a telegram…
SPECIAL ORDERS, } WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE, January 27, 1863. No. 43. Washington, January 27, 1863. XVIII. Lieut. Col. Thomas C. Sullivan, captain and commissary of subsistence, is hereby…
GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. MIDDLE DEPT., 81H ARMY CORPS, January 29, 1863. No. 10. Baltimore, Md., January 29, 1863. The following orders from the War Department are published for the information…
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, D. C., January 26, 1863. GENERAL: I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course J have done this upon what…
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C., January 26, 1863. General H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Ohief, Washington : GENERAL: There does not appear to be much connection between the Army of the…
HEADQUARTERS, Saint Louis, Mo., April 27, 1863. General ASBOTH : My troops have routed the rebels near Cape Girardeau, and they retreated toward Chalk Bluff. Even asmall additional force at…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 27, 1863. Major-General CuRTIS, Saint Louis, Mo. : Island No. 10 does not command the channel of the river opposite New Madrid. It is distant some…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 26, 1863. Major-General PoPE, Milwaukee, Wis. : No orders have been issued from here countermanding the movement of the Nebraska cavalry, although several times asked for.…
ROLLA, Mo. ROLLA, Mo., April 26, 1863. Col. WILLIAM WEER, En route to Houston, Springfield, Mo. : Move on from Houston to Salem, keeping your cavalry well out on your…
Camp near Bloomington, Mo. Camp near Bloomington, Mo., April 25, 1863. Maj. Gen. F. J. HERRON, Commanding Army of the Frontier : Siir: Ireached here to-day with all the command…