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46,149 lettersVicksburg, MIss. Vicksburg, MIss., August 14, 1863. . (Via Louisville, Ky., 23d. Received 1.10 p. m.) Hon. E. M. Stanton: Sir: Major-General Grant is very desirous of having transferred to…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, Vicksburg, Miss., August 14, 1863. Brig. Gen. L. THomas, Adjutant-General of the Army: GENERAL : Inclosed I send you a letter directed to General Ransom…
Camp NELSON Camp NELSON, August 13, 1863. L. Richmond, Assistant Adjutant-General : General Potter’s division will not be turned off at Seymour, but will proceed to Cincinnati to remain there…
CINCINNATI CINCINNATI, August 13, 1863. General BURNSIDE, Camp Nelson : I received no instructions from you during the night, but I was told by the operator at the Ohio and…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Nelson, Ky., August 13, 1863. Major-General ROSECRANS : Shall endeavor to start Saturday [15th,] moving a brigade of cavalry from Glasgow, a division of infantry from Danville, and…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Nashville, Tenn., August 15, 1863. Respectfully forwarded. I take pleasure in bearing testimony to the manner of Colonel Smith in conducting business connected with his…
HEADQUARTERS CONVALESCENT CAMP, Murfreesborough, Tenn., August 13, 1863. Sir: Having received recently a number of orders to send men to their regiments, with accompanying complaints from officers of regiments and…
Camp Roberts, Bridgeport Camp Roberts, Bridgeport, August 13, 1863. [Capt. GEORGE LEE, Assistant Adjutant-General :] CaPTAIN : Colonel Ray has just returned from Jasper. His adjutant reports verbally they saw…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Winchester, Tenn., August 13, 1863. Colonel INNES, Nashville: The general commanding thinks you had better set the mills at work near Anderson, and get out…
SHERMAN’S HEADQUARTERS, August 13, 1863. August 13, 1863. General GRANT: I ordered General Dennis, some days ago, to send in all the loose cotton about the bridge, and will renew…
F CINCINNATI F CINCINNATI, August 12, 1863. General BURNSIDE, Lexington, Ky. : The following communication was received from Cairo this morning: iL. Richmond, Assistant Adjutant-General : I have the honor…
CINCINNATI CINCINNATI, August 12, 1863. General BURNSIDE, Camp Nelson: As far asI can find out, the first regiment of Potter’s division, the Eleventh New Hampshire, left Cairo at 1.30 to-day.…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND CAVALRY DIVISION, August 14, 1863. ‘ August 14, 1863. Respectfully forwarded and approved. GEORGE CROOK, Brigadier-General, Commanding. WINCHESTER, August 12, 1863. Major-General BURNSIDE, Camp Nelson, via Lexington, Ky.…
HEADQUARTERS FIRST TENNESSEE CAVALRY, Shelbyville, August 12, 1863. Respectfully forwarded and referred to Major-General Stanley. Lieutenant Roulston has had his house burned and property destroyed. His family and a good…
Camp Dawson, Tenn. Camp Dawson, Tenn., August 12, 1863. Lieut. Col. GEORGE E. FLynt, CoLoNnEL: I have the honor to report the following : The First and Second Brigades of…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, SECOND DIVISION, Pocahontas, August 12, 1863. Col. J. I. RInaKErR, One Hundred and Twenty-second Illinois : CoLoNEL: Your letter of the 11th instant was received. Captain King…
CorRINTH CorRINTH, August 12, 1863. Colonel Mzgrsy : Start Lieutenant-Colonel Phillips immediately. He will move via Ripley to Oxford, where he will form a junction with column from La Grange.…
CoRINTH CoRINTH, August 12, 1863. Colonel MERsy : Have 50 of the aes Regiment—to be selected by Major Flad— accompany the Ninth Illinois. Have them start as soon as possible,…
HEADQUARTERS FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Camp, August 12, 1863. Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant, The telegraph wire was put up to Haynes’ Bluff and out on the Ridge road as far…
LOUISVILLE LOUISVILLE, August 11, 1863. Capt. CHARLES R. THOMPSON, Aide-de-Camp: General Burnside has left Lexington for Camp Nelson this evening.