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46,149 lettersHEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Stevenson, August 21, 1863—11 a. m.. Major-General CRITTENDEN, Dumlap: All your dispatches have been received. Thanks for your prompt movements and reports. Hope to know…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Stevenson, August 21, 1863. Brigadier-General LYTLE, Bridgeport: The general commanding, with Generals McCook and Stanley, is going down to Bridgeport. He wishes you to meet…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Stevenson, August 21, 1863. Major-General THOMAS, Commanding Fourteenth Army Corps: The steamer Paint Rock is between the Skillet and Suck, tied up. The general commanding…
Stevenson, Ala. Stevenson, Ala., August 21, 1863. Colonel GoppaARD, Assistant Adjutant-General: COLONEL: Having examined, by direction of the general coémmanding, Waperton’s Ferry and vicinity, on the Tennessee River, near Stevenson,…
HEADQUARTERS, Germantown, August 21, 1863. Lieutenant-Colonel BINMORE, Assistant Adjutant-General : My command will be at White’s Station to-night. We are just reaching this place now. JAS. M. TRUE, Colonel, Commanding…
Camp Sherman Camp Sherman, August 21, 1863. Colonel CoRSsE, Commanding Fourth Brigade : CoLONEL : It is reported that the enemy’s cavalry, amounting to 2,000, are hovering in the vicinity…
HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-THIRD ARMY CORPS, Crab Orchard, Ky., August 20, 1863. You are directed by Major-General Hartsuff to detail a guard of the arrival of the column or until the receipt…
HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-THIRD ARMY CORPS, Crab Orchard, August 20, 1863. Get up all your wagons to-night and move from your present place at an early hour to-morrow morning to Livingston and…
Crab Orchard Crab Orchard, August 20, 1863. General HARTSUFF, Commanding Twenty-third Army Corps: You will please order General Hascall’s division to move at an early hour to-morrow morning through Somerset,…
CINCINNATI CINCINNATI, August 20, 1863. General FERRERO, Camp Nelson, Ky. : General Parke wishes to know how soon you can send two brigades to the front, their strength, &c. N.…
CRAB ORCHARD CRAB ORCHARD, August 20, 1863. General PARKE : Please report the position of the regiments of Ninth Corps. How on ea end two brigades to the front ?…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Stevenson, August 20, 1863. Major-General BURNSIDE, Crab Orchard: I am very anxious to hear from you. W. S. ROSECRANS, Major-General. ; CRAB ORCHARD, August 20,…
LARKINSVILLE, ALA. LARKINSVILLE, ALA., August 20, 1863. Maj. WiLLIamM H. SINcuLaIR, The party sent out last night report General Johnson on the other road, about 10 miles north of this…
I am, colonel, very respectfully, your most obedient servant, STEVENSON I am, colonel, very respectfully, your most obedient servant, STEVENSON, August 20, 1863. Col. E. M. McCook : Ask Watkins…
Pikeville, Tenn. Pikeville, Tenn., August 20, 1863. Lieut. Col. LYNE STARLING, Chief of Staff, Twenty-first Army Corps: CoLONEL: Colonel Minty started this afternoon on the expedition designated in instructions from…
Pikeville, Tenn. Pikeville, Tenn., August 20, 1863. Lieut. Col. LYNE STARLING, Chief of Staff, Twenty-first Army Corps: COLONEL: I senda courier to Jamestown this afternoon. Am glad to learn that…
HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FIRST ARMY CORPS, Dunlap, August 20, 1863—11 a. m.. General GARFIELD : . I dispatched you yesterday at 4p. m., via Tracy City, after my arrival here. ; Van…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, August 20, 1863. : Stevenson, August 20, 1863. Major-General SHERIDAN: _ The general wishes to know if we cannot place a battery on the island…
Tracy City Tracy City, August 20, 1863. Major LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant-General: Sir: I have the honor to report that the railroad train did not arrive last evening. No news from…
HEADQUARTERS FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Stevenson, August 20, 1863. You are directed by the general commanding to occupy Jasper, with one brigade of infantry at least, and to take such a…