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Chas. P. Herring to L. C. Bartlett, August 8, 1864
HDQRS. 118TH REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS, Near Petersburg, Va., August 8, 1864. LIEUTENANT : June 12, 8 p. m. took up line of march. 183th, 2.30 a. m. bivouacked near Long…
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L. C. Bartlett, August 8, 1864
HDQRS. SIXTEENTH MICHIGAN INFANTRY VET. VOLS., August 8, 1864. August 8, 1864. LIEUTENANT :t i On the night of the 12th [June] the regiment, under command of Capt. Guy W.…
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W. M. A. Throop to L. C. Bartlett, August 8, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FIRST MICHIGAN VETERAN INFANTRY, Before Petersburg, Va., August 8, 1864. LIEUTENANT : Marched at dark of the 12th [June] toward Long Bridge, on the Chickahominy, which was crossed about…
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O. B. Knowles to J. D. McFarland, August 8, 1864
HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FIRST PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY, August 8, 1864. August 8, 1864. SIR :* June 13, crossed the Chickahominy at Long Bridge, and on the evening of the 14th we reached the…
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J. D. Mofarland, August 7, 1864
HEADQUARTERS 155TH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS, August 7, 1864. August 7, 1864. SIR :* On the (oe une] marched a distance of ten miles and go into camp near Charles City Court-House.…
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W. M. S. Tilton to Major-General HUMPHREYS, July 30, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, July 30, 1864. July 30, 1864—9.40 a.m. Major-General HUMPHREYS: GENERAL: I find that the flag I saw was the enemy’s, and that they have reoccupied all…
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Gouverneur K. Warren to Major-General WARREN, July 30, 1864
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS, July 30, 1864. July 30, 1864. Major-General WARREN: The attack ordered on the two-gun battery is suspended. GEO. G. MEADE, Major-General, Commanding. *For copy of this…
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Gouverneur K. Warren to Crawford, July 30, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, July 30, 1864. July 30, 1864—6.40 a. m. General CRAWFORD: General Burnside has secured a lodgment in the enemy’s lines. I send you a dispatch just…
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Andrew A. Humphreys to Major-General WARREN, July 30, 1864
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS, July 30, 1864. July 30, 1864. Major-General WARREN: Your dispatch is received. The major-general commanding directs that you go in with Burnside, taking the two-gun battery.…
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Andrew A. Humphreys to Major-General Humphreys, July 29, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, July 29, 1864. July 29, 1864—10 p.m. Major-General HUMPHREYS: i I have seen General Burnside and my division commanders. My arrangements for to-morrow were easy to…
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Gouverneur K. Warren to Andrew A. Humphreys, July 29, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, July 29, 1864. July 29, 1864—4 p. m. Major-General HUMPHREYS Chief of Staff: GENERAL: I have received the programme order for operations tomorrow. I think the…
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Major-General WARREN to Major-General HUMPHREYS, July 27, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, July 27, 1864. July 27, 1864. Major-General HUMPHREYS: I have 1,900 men in working details to-day, which will considerably diminish the number I can count upon…
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Gouverneur K. Warren to Major-General HUMPHREYS, July 27, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, July 27, 1864. July 27, 1864. Major-General HUMPHREYS, Chief of Staff: ‘GENERAL: After careful study of my position in view of the operations which I am…
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Gouverneur K. Warren to Seth Williams, August 5, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, August 5, 1864. August 5, 1864. Brig. Gen. S. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of the Potomac: GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the accompanying communications…
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General Birney, June 24, 1864
“HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION, June 24, 1864. “June 24, 1864. “Respectfully forwarded for the information of the major-general commanding ne No bl ibly attach to Captain McKnight for the loss of…
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Vv. M. Healy to W. J. Rusling, August 8, 1864
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTH NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS, Camp near Petersburg, Va., August 8, 1864. Srr: In compliance with Special Orders, No. 209, headquarters Army of the Potomac, dated August 5, 1864, I…
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Thos. C. Thompson, August 8, 1864
HDQRS. SEVENTH REGIMENT. NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS, Near Petersburg, Va., August 8, 1864. SIR : * The march across the Chickahominy and the James, and the operations in front of Petersburg…
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T. C. Godfrey, August 9, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS, Camp near Petersburg, Va., August 9, 1864. GENERAL : June 14, crossed the James River from Wilcox’s Landing to Wind-Mill Point, and after marching some…
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T. C. Thompson to Respectfully forwarded, June 26, 1864
HEADQUARTERS THIRD DIVISION, SECOND CORPS, June 26, 1864. June 26, 1864. Capt. THomas C. THOMPSON, CAPTAIN: You will immediately place the color bearer of your national colors (the missing one)…
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Thomas H. Talbot to W. J. Rusling, June 26, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FIRST MAINE HEAVY ARTILLERY, In Front of Petersburg, Va., June 26, 1864. Lieut. W. J. RUSLING, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General : Str : In compliance with orders from division headquarters…