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46,149 lettersCharleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., June 27, 1863. General S. CooPEr, Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va.: GENERAL: Inasmuch as the movements and operations of the enemy on the…
Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., June 25, 1863. Brig. Gen. THomMas JORDAN, Chief of Staff, &c.: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of…
CHARLESTON, S. C. CHARLESTON, S. C., June 25, 1863. Maj. Gen. W. H. C. WHITING, Commanding at Wilmington, N. CL: DEAR GENERAL: Your letter of the 17th instant was duly…
Richmond Richmond, June 25, 1863. General G. T. BEAUREGARD: From causes into which it is needless to enter, the control of the Mississippi connection between the States east and west…
Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., June 24, 1863. Lieut. Col. D. B. Harris, Chief Engineer, Dept. S. C., Ga., and Fla. : CoLoNnEL: The commanding general directs me to…
CHARLESTON CHARLESTON, June 24, 1863. Maj. Gen. DaBney H. Maury, Mobile, Ala. : DEAR GENERAL: Yours of the 20th instant has just been received. I am aware of the defenseless…
Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., June 23, 1863. GENERAL: I am instructed to communicate, for your information, the following indorsement of the commanding general on the com- munications of…
Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., June 23, 1863. GENERAL: Lieutenant-Colonel Stokes’ report of the capture of certain negroes opposite Fields Point, has been received, and the commanding general takes…
ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, June 22, 1863. No. 15. Milledgeville, June 22, 1863. The President having called upon the Governor of this State for 8,000 men for local defense…
ADAMS Run ADAMS Run, June 20, 1863. General JORDAN: There are in North Edisto nine schooners, four monitors, one transport, and one tug. JOHNSON HAGOOD, Brigadier-General, Commanding. To the People…
ADAMS Rwn ADAMS Rwn, June 6, 1863. General JORDAN: Ten vessels in North Edisto, including five iron-clads. All quiet. JOHNSON HAGOOD, Brigadier-General. ADAMS Run, June 8, 1863—11 a. m. Brigadier-General…
Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., June 21, 1863. Brig. Gen. THoMAS JORDAN, Chief of Staff, &c.: GENERAL: Yesterday the enemy commenced moving their troops from Folly to Cole’s Island,…
Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., June 20, 1863. Brig. Gen. THoMAS JORDAN, Chief of Staff, &c. : GENERAL: I have lately had much conversation with planters and other citizens…
Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., June 20, 1863. GENERAL: Your letter of the 24th of May, relative to the general services of the engineers in your district, was, together…
Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., June 16, 1863. Brig. Gen. J. H. TRAPIER, Commanding, &c., Georgetown, S. C.: DEAR GENERAL: I found here your letter of the 8th instant*…
Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., June 16, 1863. Brig. Gen. JoHNSON HaGoon, GENERAL: In view of the late raid up the Combahee, we must be on the alert at…
SECESSIONVILLE SECESSIONVILLE, June 16, 1863. Captain NANCE: A two-gun battery at Campbell’s house on Folly Island shelled Secessionville at 4 o’clock. But 2 shells reached it; 1 fell in the…
Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C., June 15, 1863. Maj. Gen. D. H. HI, Commanding Department, &c., Petersburg, Va.: GENERAL: Your letter of the 13th instant has just been received.…
Richmond, Va. Richmond, Va., June 10, 1863. General G. T. BEAUREGARD, Commanding, &c., Charleston, S. C.: GENERAL: Northern papers report the reduction of Hunter’s forces by sending troops to the…
PRIVATE. } EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, D. C., December 21, 1863. Honorable SECRETARY OF WAR: My Dear Sir: Sending a note to the Secretary of the Navy, as I romised, he…