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46,149 lettersHEADQUARTERS EASTERN SUB-DISTRICT OF TEXAS, Houston, May 18, 1863. Capt. EDMUND P. TURNER, Assistant Adjutant-General : CAPTAIN: Inclosed please find a copy of letter from Lieutenant-Goneral Smith, commanding, received one…
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., May 18, 1863. Brig. Gen. W. R. Scurry, Commanding Eastern Sub-District of Texas, Houston : GENERAL: Your letter of the 11th instant has been received.…
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., May 14, 1863. Brig. Gen. W. R. ScurRRY, Commanding Eastern Sub-District of Texas, Houston: GENERAL: At the last information received from General Taylor, he was…
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, May 16, 1863. Maj. Gen. RICHARD TAYLOR, Commanding, de. : GENERAL: Your dispatches of the 14th and 15th were received this morning. Two regiments of Speight’s…
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, May 16, 1863. Maj. Gen. RICHARD TAYLOR, Commanding : GENERAL: Lieutenant-General Smith directs me to inform you that General Holmes was ordered by telegraph several days…
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, May 16, 1863. Col. J. W. SPEIGHT, Commanding Brigade: COLONEL: You are hereby directed to move with two regiments and the battery of your brigade to…
Las Animas Las Animas, May 15, 1863. Brig. Gen. H. P. BEE, Commanding Western Sub-District: Sir: The major-general commanding deeming it of great importance, on account of the concentration of…
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, La., May 15, 1863. Maj. Gen. RICHARD TAYLOR, Commanding : GENERAL: I am directed by the lieutenant-general commanding to inform you that on the return of…
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS, May 15, 1863. No. 133. Port Hudson, May 15, 1863. I. Col. A. R. Witt, with his regiment (the Tenth Arkansas), is assigned to duty with…
HEADQUARTERS, Port Hudson, La., May 15, 1863. Col. Jonn L. LoGan, Commanding Outpost, Olive Branch: COLONEL: The major-general commanding directs that upon the receipt hereof you forward’to him the report…
HEADQUARTERS, Port Hudson, La., May 15, 1863. GENERAL: The major-general commanding directs that the regiment and section of artillery at Walker’s Station be withdrawn, as the force at Plains Store…
Las Animas Las Animas, May 14, 1863. Brig. Gen. H. P. BEE, Commanding at Brownsville: Sir: I am instructed by the major-general commanding to direct you to send with Capt.…
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, May 14, 1863. Brigadier-General MouToN, Commanding Cavalry Force, Niblet’s Bluff: GENERAL: Information having reached these headquarters that your command has been increased by two regiments of…
HEADQUARTERS, Port Hudson, La., May 14, 1863. Brigadier-General BEALL, Commanding Brigade: GENERAL: The major-general commanding directs that you send a regiment and two field pieces without caissons to feel the…
HEADQUARTERS, Port Hudson, La., May 14, 1863. Col. A. R. WITT, Commanding Outpost: COLONEL: I am directed by the major-general commanding to sity that you will move at once to…
Washington Washington, May 2, 1863. Brig. Gen. W. F. BARRY, Present : GENERAL: You will immediately proceed to Pittsburgh and Wheeling, endeavor to allay the panic, and organize defense against…
SUFFOLK, V. A. SUFFOLK, V. A., May 2, 1863. Via Fort Monroe, V. A., May 4—12.30 a. m. General BUTTERFIELD, Chief of Staff, Headquarters Army of the Potomac: It is…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, May 2, 1863. May 2, 1863—8.15 p. m. Major-General PEcx, Suffolk, Va.: Our latest and most reliable information from Richmond is as follows. Am inclined…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, May 2, 1863. May 2, 1863—11.30 a. m. General E. D. KEYEs, Yorktown, Va.: Our cavalry ought yesterday or to-day to have been in rear…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD CORPS, May 2, 1863. May 2, 1863. (Received 3 p. m.) Major-General HOWARD: I am advancing a strong line of two brigades to ascertain whether the enemy is…