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46,149 lettersHDQRS. OF THE ARMY, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE, Washington, December 23, 1861. Siz: In compliance with your instructions, [ have the honor to report that, after due consideration, the General-in-Chief is…
Wak DEPARTMENT Wak DEPARTMENT, November 30, 1861. General R. PATTERSON, Philadelphia, Pa. : GENERAL: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th instant, calling my attention…
HAGERSTOWN HAGERSTOWN, July 25, 1861. Sir: I am possessed of reliable information that a messenger left this place for Baltimore with a dispatch from the Confederate Army to the rebels…
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, TREASURY DEPT., Richmond, Va., December 15, 1864. Hon. F. 8. LYON, Chairman Committee on Ways and Means: Sir: The near approach of the end of the…
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., December 10, 1864. The PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES: I have the honor to submit my answer to the inclosed resolutions of…
WAR DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF CONSCRIPTION, December 2, 1864. No. 35. Richmond, December 2, 1864. Generals commanding reserves in the respective States will proceed forthwith and with the utmost vigor to…
HEADQUARTERS CONSCRIPTION SERVICE, GEORGIA, Augusta, September 13, 1864. Respectfully forwarded to Brig. Gen. John S. Preston, superintendent Bureau of Conscription. WM. M. BROWNE, Colonel and Commandant.
WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, November 24, 1864. The PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES: Sir: I have received the following resolutions of the Senate referred by Your Excellency to this Department: Resolved,…
WAR DEPARTMENT, NITER AND MINING BUREAU, Richmond, November 20, 1864. Chief of Bureau: COLONEL: Your questions on the iron service are hereinafter replied to in their order: Eighteen furnaces remain…
Richmond, Va. Richmond, Va., November 17, 1864. Chief Commissary of Subsistence : MaJor: Your letter of 4th instant has been received. The act of Congress of March 26, 1863, to…
HEADQUARTERS, Petersburg, November 14, 1864. Secretary of War, Richmond, Va.: Sir: Brig. Gen. J. G. Martin, who has been on duty at Salisbury for some days, informs me fyom the…
Richmond, Va. Richmond, Va., November 9, 1864. Commandant of Conscripts, Enterprise, Miss.: My DEAR Sir: I have received your letter of September 29, and found pleasure in complying with the…
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., October 31, 1864. Commanding, &c., Macon, Ga.: GENERAL: I have received your letter of the 22d,* relative to the arrangement made between…
Raleigh Raleigh, October 25, 1864. General HOLMES: DEAR SiR: Major Dowd informs me that you have instructed him that all applications for the detail of hands in factories working for…
Richmond Richmond, October 22, 1864. Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War: Sir: Perhaps it may aid to some extent the effort to adjust the confusion in the recruiting and…
SELMA SELMA, October 20, 1864. GENERAL: I have read the letter of the president of Alabama and Tennessee Rivers Railroad and the indorsement thereon of General LTInelnagnrva nat fannd and…
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., October 20, 1864. Brig. Gen. A. R. LAWTON, Quartermaster-General : GENERAL: I find that some inconvenience results from the competition of the…
Richmond Richmond, October 18, 1864. Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War: Sir: I have the honor to inclose you a copy of a note I have this day addressed…
Richmond, Va. Richmond, Va., October 13, 1864. Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War: Str: I have the honor to present the following general view of the operations of my…
HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, October 11, 1864. October 11, 1864. Respectfully returned to the Honorable Secretary of War. It appears to me that the Quartermaster-General has strangely misapprehended…