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Ulysses S. Grant to T. S. Bowers, March 16, 1865
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, March 16, 1865. No. 52. City Point, Va., March 16, 1865. * * * * * * * I. I. The…
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A. K. Carothers to C. A. Dana, March 16, 1865
A eV Ot iV City Point, V. A. A eV Ot iV City Point, V. A., March 16, 1865. (Received 8.40 p. m.) Hon. C. A. DANA, Assistant Secretary of…
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W. M. D. Green to Eugene A. Carr, September 10, 1864
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Tittle Rock, Ark., September 10, 1864. Brig. Gen. E. A. CARR, Commanding District of Little Rock, Little Rock, Ark.: GENERAL: The major-general commanding directs that you…
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Cc. C. Washburn to William Crooks, September 10, 1864
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE, Memphis, Tenn., September 10, 1864. Col. WILLIAM CROOKS, Commanding District, Helena: CoLONEL: Yours of the 5th to Major Morgan is received. My troops are all…
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William T. Sherman to A. G. Hall, September 10, 1864
HEADQUARTERS DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, September 10, 1864. Lieut. Col. A. G. HALL, Fort Pike: You will make an expedition up Pearl River after the jayhawkers you speak…
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Unknown to Frederic Speed, September 10, 1864
BONNET CARRE BONNET CARRE, September 10, 1864. (Received 10 a. m.) Capt. FREDERIC SPEED, Assistant Adjutant-General : Lieutenant Flint, from the 18-mile detachment, reports that Gonzales’ company of guerrillas came…
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Robert A. Cameron to G. B. Drake, September 10, 1864
THIBODEAUX THIBODEAUX, September 10, 1864. Maj. G. B. DRAKE, Assistant Adjutant-General : The guns captured by Major Conover from the guerrilla robbers were shotguns, nothing more.* I hope I did…
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Robert A. Cameron to Frederio Speed, September 10, 1864
Thibodeaux, La. Thibodeaux, La., September 10, 1864. Capt. FREDERIO SPEED, Assistant Adjutant-General, Defenses of New Orleans : Your communication of the 5th instant is at hand, but the pressure of…
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Frederic Speed to R, A. Cameron, September 10, 1864
HEADQUARTERS DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, September 10, 1864. Brig. Gen. R, A. CAMERON, Commanding La Fourche District: The general commanding directs me to inform you that near the…
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K. R. S. Canby to Joseph J. Reynolds, September 10, 1864
New Orleans, La. New Orleans, La., September 10, 1864. Maj. Gen. J. J. REYNOLDS, Commanding Nineteenth Corps: GENERAL: You will proceed with as little delay as possible to the headquarters…
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E. B. R. S. Canby to B. F. Flanders, September 10, 1864
New Orleans, La. New Orleans, La., September 10, 1864. Hon. B. F. FLANDERS, Supervising Special Agent Treasury Dept., New Orleans, La. : Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the…
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Unknown to Steamer Ros Roy, September 10, 1864
New Orleans, La. New Orleans, La., September 10, 1864. CAPTAIN STEAMER Ros Roy: The steamer Rob Roy, now lying at the mouth of Red River, is permitted to come to…
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E.R.S. Canby to B. F, Flanders, September 10, 1864
New Orleans, La. New Orleans, La., September 10, 1864. Hon. B. F, FLANDERS, Supervising Special Agent Treasury Dept., New Orleans, La.: Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith, inclosed…
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Henry H. Sibley to John Pope, September 9, 1864
Saint Paul, Minn. Saint Paul, Minn., September 9, 1864. Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE, Milwaukee: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch of 5th instant. The…
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Henry H. Sibley to General, September 9, 1864
Saint Paul, Minn. Saint Paul, Minn., September 9, 1864. GENERAL: 1 have the honor to report that dispatches from Lieutenant-Colonel Adams, commanding Independent Battalion, dated Fort Abercrombie, 4th instant, mention…
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Unknown to H. Z. Mitchell, August 16, 1864
WHITEWATER, WIS. WHITEWATER, WIS., August 16, 1864. General H. Z. MITCHELL: DEAR SiR: I have just been reading in the Chicago Tribune of August 15 about the combination of all…
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John Pope to Henry W. Halleck, May 11, 1864
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST, Milwaukee, Wis., May 11, 1864. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, Chief of Staff of the Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I have the honor to…
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John Pope to A. Dana, September 9, 1864
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST, Milwaukee, Wis., September 9, 1864. Hon. 0. A. DANA, Assistant Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.: Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt…
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Jno. Evans to Clinton B. Fisk, September 9, 1864
GLASGow GLASGow, September 9, 1864. General FISK: Major King left Glasgow on the night of the 8th instant. He encamped same night about eight miles northeast on the Chariton. Last…
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Brigadier-General Brown to Henry Suess, September 9, 1864
HEADQUARTERS, Warrensburg, September 9, 1864. Maj. HENRY SUESS, On Board Steamer Fanny Ogden, Glasgow: The following received from department headquarters last night: General Fisk is operating against guerrillas in Howard…