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H. Pinckney Walker to Q. A. Gitturorg, August 22, 1863
Charleston Charleston, August 22, 1863. Brig. Gen. Q. A. Gittuorg, U. 8. Army, GENERAL: On behalf of the great number of Her Britannic Majesty’s subjects now in this city, of…
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Darius N. Couch to William W. Averell, June 19, 1863
New CREEK New CREEK, June 19, 1863. (Received, Grafton, June 20, — a. m.) General AVERELL: i You say you have four guns. What guns are they? If they belong…
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Michael Corcoran to Drex, June 18, 1863
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES FORCES, Suffolk, Va., June 18, 1863. Major-General Drx, Fort Monroe: Colonel Spear is returning, his attempts to cross having been ineffectual. e proposed to make another effort…
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Unknown to Darius N. Couch, June 18, 1863
WAR DEPARTMENT, June 18, 1863. June 18, 1863—11.20 a. m. Major-General Coucu, Harrisburg: You are authorized to receive into the service any volunteer troops that may be offered, without regard…
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Joseph Hooker to John F. Reynolds, June 13, 1863
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS, June 13, 1863. June 13, 1863—8 p. m. Major-General REYNOLDs, Commanding at Bealeton: I have a brigade at Warrenton, with pickets at Sulphur Springs and Waterloo, with…
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J. Bankhead Magruder to W. R. Boaas, September 4, 1863
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF TEXAS, &C., Near Millican, September 4, 1863. Brig. Gen. W. R. Boaas, Chief of Staff; GENERAL: Ihave received your letter of the 28th ultimo, and notified you…
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H. P. Bee, August 27, 1863
HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, Fort Brown, Texr., August 27, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch August 3 [47], 1563. In the exercise of that…
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E. K. Kirby Smith to Nathaniel P. Banks, July 11, 1863
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., July 11, 1863. GENERAL: I have received your communication from Delhi, announeing the reported fall of Vicksburg. Should this report be confirmed, Grant’s army will…
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Unknown to Richard Taylor, June 3, 1863
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, June 3, 1863. Lieutenant-General Smith directs me to say if the reports of our successes at Vicksburg prove to be correct, our communication with the east…
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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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Seth Williams to George Stoneman 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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J. H. Taylor to Augustus Buschbeck, April 14, 1863
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS, April 14, 1863. April 14, 1863. Colonel BUSCHBECK, COLONEL: The major-general commanding desires that as soon as the cavalry shall have crossed the river to-morrow morning, you…
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E. K. D. Townsend to Union Army Commanders, April 1, 1863
GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE, April 1, 1863. No. 83. ) Washington, April 1, 1863. The new or modified forts and batteries around Washington will hereafter be known…
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L. Thomas, January 27, 1863
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…
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Unknown, March 25, 1863
Saint Joseph Saint Joseph, March 25, 1863. Sre: I have the honor to report that, since my return to this post, I have information from all parts of the district,…
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H. W. Halleck, March 16, 1863
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, March 16, 1863. your removal. I have no knowledge, official or unofficial, in regard to the allegations of that letter. I saw it stated in…
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James G. Blunt to Col. William A. Phillips, March 9, 1863
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF KANSAS, In the Field, Fort Scott, March 9, 1863. DEAR COLONEL: On my arrival here, I found several dispatches from you, relating to affairs in Western Arkansas…
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W. M. D. Wood to T. J. Bartholow, February 3, 1863
Saint Louis Saint Louis, February 3, 1863. Brig. Gen. T. J. BARTHOLOW, GENERAL: By direction of the commander-in-chief, you are instructed to detail from the organized force of Enrolled Militia…
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Samuel R. Curtis to William P. Hall, January 28, 1863
Saint Louis Saint Louis, January 28, 1863. General W. P. HALL, Jefferson City: My Dear Sir: have no idea of removing Guitar while he carefully administers his district consistent with…
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Thomas A. Davies to Martin E. Gorman, January 5, 1863
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF COLUMBUS, January 5, 1863. January 5, 1863. Brigadier-General GORMAN, Commanding Helena : GENERAL: I have the honor to inform you that no troops have been halted at…