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46,149 lettersHEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SUSQUEHANNA, Chambersburg, July 29, 1864. General W. W. AVERELL, Greencastle : Lieutenant McLean was driven out of Mercersburg by about 200 of the enemy. A force…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND CAVALRY DIVISION, Hancock, Md., August 3, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of yesterday, inclosing a dispatch from Brigadier-General Kelley. This…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND CAVALRY DIVISION, Hagerstown, July 30, 1864. Captain: I have the honor to make the following report of the operations of my division from the 22d of July to…
HEADQUARTERS TENTH W. V. A. VOL. INFANTRY, Camp near Monocacy Junction, August 5, 1864. CoLONEL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the art taken by my…
Pleasant Valley, Md. Pleasant Valley, Md., August 7, 1864. Sir: I have the honor herewith to transmit the official report of Colonel Harris, who commanded the First Brigade, Third Division…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND RHODE ISLAND INFANTRY, Poolesville, Md., July 15, 1864. Sir : I have the honor to report that in the engagement at Brightwood, Md., on the night of the…
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Monocacy, near Frederick, Md., July 28, 1864—9 a. m.. I have reached this point with my command, and have been instructed by General Hunter to await…
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH AND NINETEENTH CORPS, Near Leesburg, Va., July 21, 1864. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that shortly after writing my dispatch of the 17th instant from Clark’s…
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS, July 14, 1864. July 14, 1864. (Received 4.10 p. m.) My command moved from Offutt’s Cross-Roads at 4.30 o’clock this morning, and advanced to near Seneca…
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS, Fort Stevens, July 11, 1864. The head of my column has nearly reached the front, and at the suggestion of Major-General McCook I have directed them…
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C., July 11, 1864. General C. C. AuGUR: _ Major Whittier has just given me the within. Please write me instructions on the subject. I…
OFFICE OF CHIEF QUARTERMASTER, Washington, D. C., July 20, 1864. GENERAL: In accordance with your instructions, I have the honor to submit the following report of the military organization and…
QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL’S OFFICE, Washington, July 25, 1864. COLONEL : On Saturday, the 9th of July, after consultation with the Secretary of War, I directed the alates of the QuartermasterGeneral’s Office, and…
HEADQUARTERS CHIEF ENGINEER OF DEFENSES, July 25, 1864. July 25, 1864. The within statement of Artificer Fitts is respectfully forwarded to the Adjutant-General of the Army. I would remark: that…
HEADQUARTERS, July 16, 1864. : Fort De Russy, D. C., July 16, 1864. CoLoNEL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations on this portion of…
HEADQUARTERS HARDIN’S DIVISION, July 14, 1864. TWENTY-SECOND ARMY Corps, DEPT. OF Washington, July 14, 1864. Surg. R. O. Assortt, U. 8. Army, Medical Director, Department of Washington: I have the…
HEADQUARTERS HARDIN’S DIVISION, July 19, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to make the following report of the operations of my command on the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th…
DAYTON, Ohio DAYTON, Ohio, July 25, 1864. Lieut. Col. J. H. Taytor, Chief of Staff, Department of Washington : CoLoNEL: Please find inclosed a hasty and succinct report of military…
ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS MILITARY COMMANDER, July 14, 1864. No. 118. Wilmington, Del., July 14, 1864. from duty with this command, and will take advantage of the first opportunity of reaching Baltimore,…
ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS MILITARY COMMANDER, July 13, 1864. No. 116. Wilmington, Del., July 13, 1864. The command of all the troops now being raised for the immediate defense of this city…