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Ambrose E. Burnside to George W. Morell, December 9, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, December 9, 1862. December 9, 1862-—3 a. m. Maj. Gen. GEORGE W. MORELL, You will at once take steps to relieve the entire corps of…
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General-in-Ohief to Edwin M. Stanton, November 15, 1863
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, November 15, 1863. Washington, D. €., November 15, 1863. Stz: In compliance with your orders, I submit the following summary of military operations since my last…
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Unknown, December 11, 1862
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY PICKET, Hammond’s House, Va., December 11, 1862. Sir: I have to report that, in obedience to your orders, I proceeded this morning, with 15 men of Company M…
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R. E. Lee, December 5, 1862
HEADQUARTERS OAVALRY DIVISION, December 5, 1862. December &, 1862. Respectfully forwarded for the information of the commanding general, whose notice is respectfully called to the gallantry displayed by “See Lee…
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W. H. F. Lee to Robert E. Lee, December 5, 1862
HEADQUARTERS LEE’S CAVALRY BRIGADE, Morse Neck, Va., December 5, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to forward Colonel Beale’s report of an expedition sent into Westmoreland, which, as you know,…
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D. H. Hiul to Oommanding Left Wing, December 5, 1862
DIVISION HEADQUARTERS, December 5, 1862. December 5, 1862. I have the honor to report that the Yankee gunboats (four in number) have been run away from Port Royal, Va. Three…
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Unknown to George B. McClellan, December 14, 1862
HEADQUARTERS, New Creek, Va., December 14, 1862. In accordance with your order, I proceeded to Moorefield, by way of Greenland Gap, with detachments of 20 men from the old Ringgold…
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Brigadier-General Gary to Henry W. Slocum, December 8, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAQO, December 8, 1862. December 8, 1862. Major-General SLocum, Harper’s Ferry: Your dispatch, detailing result of General Geary’s reconnaissance to Winchester, just received. It is perfectly…
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Henry W. Slocum to Joseph Hooker, December 8, 1862
HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH CORPS, Harper’s Ferry, December 8, 1862. GENERAL: Your dispatch of this date just received. On the 6th instant I telegraphed you as follows: General Geary has just returned…
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Jno. G. Parke, DECEMBER 8, 1862
HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH CORPS, DECEMBER 8, 1862. Harper’s Ferry, [December] 5, [1862.] Four deserters from the enemy came in this morning at 12.40. They say the enemy left Winchester on Tuesday…
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H. W. Slocum, December 4, 1862
HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH CORPS, Harper’s Ferry, Va., December 4, 1862. About.4,000 infantry and artillery, under General Geary, started on @ reconnaissance Tuesday morning, with instructions to go to Winchester, if deemed…
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Joseph Kargb, December 5, 1862
HEADQUARTERS LEFT WING, December 5, 1862. December 5, 1862. Respectfully forwarded. I have already recommended the dishonorable dismissal of the officer implicated, believing that this summary punishment of officers is…
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Robert E. Lee to Genera, December 5, 1862
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY DIVISION, December 5, 1862. December 5, 1862. Respectfully forwarded. sal Considering the perils attending such an expedition, the boldness of its inception was no less creditable to the…
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Seth Williams to Colonel Gregg, December 3, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, December 3, 1862. December 3, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that, in obedience to your instructions, I this day proceeded to the…
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Alfred Pleasonton to George B. McClellan, December 4, 1862
HEADQUARTERS CAVALEY BRIGADE, December 4, 1862. December 4, 1862. GENERAL: Your dispatch of this date received. In answer, I beg to inform you that I sent the Eighth New York…
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A. Pleasonton, December 3, 1862
HEADQUARTERS OAVALRY BRIGADE, December 3, 1862. December 3, 1862. GENERAL: Another detachment of some 15 men have returned from the squadron at Leeds, with Lieutenant Baker in charge. This party…
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Alfred Pleasonton to J. H. Taylor, December 2, 1862
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY BRIGADE, December 2, 1862. December 2, 1862. COLONEL : Colonel Gregg, at King George Court-House, reports that a squadron of his regiment, detached and doing duty at Leeds’…
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Brigadier-General STAHEL to George B. McClellan, December 1, 1862
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY BRIGADE, Chantilly, December 1, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor of transmitting the following report of the reconnaissance in which my brigade took part: ‘The first day my…
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F. Sigel, November 29, 1862
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY DIVISION, November 29, 1862. November 29, 1862. Respectfully forwarded. General Hampton and his gallant command deserve the highest praise for this handsome affair, and are warmly commended to…
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Joseph Hooker to LEwis Richmond, November 30, 1862
HEADQUARTERS CENTER GRAND DIVISION, Camp near Potomac Creek, Va., November 30, 1862. COLONEL: I have the honor to inclose herewith, for the information of the major-general commanding the Army of…