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46,149 lettersCAMDEN StaTion, Baltimore CAMDEN StaTion, Baltimore, June 18, 1863. (Received 1.45 a. m.) Hon..E. M. STanton, Secretary of War: A train sent to Harper’s Ferry yesterday a. m., with troops…
BALTIMORE BALTIMORE, June 18, 1863. Capt. P. R. STETsoN, Fifteenth Infantry, Harrisburg : The Seventh New York State Militia is here, but Colonel Lefferts says they have no battery gone…
HEADQUARTERS, Maryland Heights, Md., June 18, 1863. Major-General ScHENCK, Baltimore, Md. : I have sent the main body of my cavalry down the railroad this morning. Means and Cole should…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, Fairfax Station, June 18, 1863. Commanding Officer First Corps: Nothing more new than Pleasonton’s fight at Aldie last night. Slocum at Leesburg; cavalry at Aldie,…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS, Aldie, June 18, 1863. Brig. Gen. S. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant-General : GENERAL: I have sent out two reconnaissances, onetoward Ashby’s Gap, by way of Middleburg, and one…
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES FORCES, Suffolk, Va., June 17, 1863. Col. D. T. Van BuREN, Assistant Adjutant-General: Two regiments of General Wistar’s brigade will leave this evening; two others, now out…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MONONGAHELA, June 17, 1863. ; June 17, 1863. Major-General Coucs, Harrisburg, or Chambersburg : It is important that men should be posted in Somerset County and…
BALTIMORE BALTIMORE, June 17, 1863. Colonel TRUEX, Monocacy : Am awaiting answer to my last telegram. What do you learn from the front? In approaching Maryland Heights, the general leaves…
BALTIMORE BALTIMORE, June 17, 1863. Colonel TRuEX, Monocacy: The rebels are in possession of Harper’s Ferry. Our forces are on Maryland Heights. Approach with great caution, and feel your way…
Fairfax Station Fairfax Station, June 17, 1863. General DANIEL TYLER, Sandy Hook: Your dispatch of 11 a. m. received, for which I render you many thanks. I cannot feel that…
HEADQUARTERS ENGINEER BRIGADE, June 17, 1863. Colonel PETTEs, Commanding Fiftieth New York: CoLonEL: The general commanding directs that you detail Major Spaulding, with 200 men from your regiment, to proceed…
SanpDy Hook, Mp. SanpDy Hook, Mp., June 17, 1863. (Copy received, War Department, 11 a. m.) General SCHENCK : Our scouts report the country clear of any masses of rebel…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS, Aldie, June 17, 1863. [Gentral MEADE:] The enemy’s cavalry arrived at this point at the same time I did. I engaged them with one division, and captured…
ALBANY, N. Y. ALBANY, N. Y., June 16, 1863. (Received 3.20 p. m.) Hon. E. M. STANTON: Four returned volunteer regiments can be put in the field at once for…
ALBANY, N. Y. ALBANY, N. Y., June 16, 1863. (Received 1.05 p. m.) Hon. E. M. Stanton: The Governor wishes that directions be given to Colonel [David H.] Vinton to…
CINCINNATI CINCINNATI, June 16, 1863. General Brooks, Pittsburgh, Pa. : General Willcox tells me you have asked him for the Seventy-first Indiana. I have just ordered it to be ready…
TRENTON, N. J. TRENTON, N. J., June 15, 1863. (Received June 16, 2.50 a. m.) Hon. E. M. STANTON : Your dispatch is received. Every means will be taken to…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SUSQUEHANNA, Harrisburg, Pa., June 16, 1863—8 p. m.. Hon. E. M. STanton, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.: Dear Sir: I have endeavored to keep you…
BALTIMORE BALTIMORE, June 16, 1863. Colonel MuLuiaan, New Creek, W. Va.: I don’t believe Captain Powell’s story. What he saw was probably a considerable number of our own cavalry who…
BALTIMORE BALTIMORE, June 16, 1863. General Lockwoop, Point Lookout, Md.: You will take steps to concentrate your command immediately for service on the Baltimore and Washington Railroad. A steamer will…