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Seth Williams to Darius N. Couch, April 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAQ, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863—1 p. m. Major-General CoucH, United States Ford: Third Corps is under orders to be across the river at United…
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H. C. Rodgers to Oliver O. Howard, April 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAQ, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863—2.15 p. m. Commanding Officer, Fifth Army Corps: No advance beyond Chancellorsville till columns are concentrated. DANL. BUTTERFIELD, Chief of…
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J. B. Brooks to Joseph Hooker, April 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAQ, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863—5.30 p. m. Major-General HOOKER : Firing at Sedgwick’s. No report yet. Shall that order be printed about firing low,…
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Danl. Butterfield to Lieutenant-Commander Macaw, April 30, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863. Lieutenant-Commander Macaw, Aquia Oreek: The major-general commanding desires that you have every available vessel of your fleet suitable for…
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Unknown to Henry W. Halleck, April 29, 1863
BALTIMORE, M. D. BALTIMORE, M. D., April 29, 1863. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief, ‘Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: You may have observed some published notice of a bridg between…
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Benjamin F. Kelley to Robert C. Schenck, April 29, 1863
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 29, 1863. Major-General SCHENCK, Baltimore, Md. : Two companies have gone from Sandusky to Wheeling, and Governor Tod has also sent, it is said, some others…
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Henry W. Halleck to Ambrose E. Burnside, April 29, 1863
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 29, 1863. Major-General BURNSIDE, Cincinnati, Ohio: If you have any available troops that can be temporarily detached to assist General Schenck, throw them into Parkersburg and…
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Robert C. Schenck to H. W. Halleok, April 29, 1863
BALTIMORE, MpD. BALTIMORE, MpD., April 29, 1863. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLEOK, General-in-Ohief : The fighting, the way it looks now, may be west of the Alleghanies. The report by…
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Danl. Butterfield to John Sedgwick, April 29, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, April 29, 1863. April 29, 1863. Major-General SEDGWICK: GENERAL: Yours, inclosing General Wadsworth’s suggestion, is received. The general has retired and is asleep. If the…
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Joshua T. Owen to John Gibbon, April 29, 1863
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, April 29, 1863. April 29, 1863—12.15 p. m. Brigadier-General GIBBON, Commanding Division: GENERAL: I have the honor to report that a wagon train of the enemy, of…
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John F. Reynolds to John Sedgwick, April 29, 1863
HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY CORPS, April 29, 1863. April 29, 1863—10 a. m. General SEDGWICK: Since my first report of this morning, General Wadsworth threw over in boats one of his…
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Robert C. Schenck to Robert C. Schenck, April 28, 1863
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 28, 1863. Major-General SCHENCK, Baltimore, Mad.: Have you no troops in Pennsylvania and Maryland which can be promptly thrown into Wheeling by the Pennsylvania Railroad? The…
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James W. Ripley to Edwin M. Stanton, April 28, 1863
CoLUMBUS, Ohio CoLUMBUS, Ohio, April 28, 1863. (Received April 29—9.20 a. m.) Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: We have sent for the protection of Wheeling three companies of…
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A. G. Curtin to Edwin M. Stanton, April 28, 1863
HARRISBURG HARRISBURG, April 28, 1863. (Received 12.40 p. m.) Hon. E. M. STANTON: It is reported to me that the rebels have taken and now hold Morgantown in force. Please…
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Thomas C. Devin to Comstock, April 28, 1863
Morrisville, Va. Morrisville, Va., April 28, 1863. Captain Comstock, Corps of Engineers: The major-general commanding directs that as soon as the Fifth Corps have crossed the bridge, you will call…
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Henry W. Halleck to E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, April 27, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAQ, April 27, 1863. April 27, 1863. (Received April 28.) Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: I have the honor respectfully to request that the…
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Unknown to O. O. Howarp, April 27, 1863
HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH CORPS, Hartwood Ohurch, April 27, 1863. Maj. Gen. O. O. Howarp, Commanding Eleventh Oorps : GENERAL: I have arrived at this point, and will go into camp as…
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George G. Meade to Fred. T. Locke, April 27, 1863
CIRCULAR. HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS, April 27, 1863. I. I. Until further orders, in order to conceal the movements of the troops from the enemy, the usual duty-calls will be…
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Danl. Butterfield to Robert C. Schenck, April 26, 1863
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 26, 1863. Major-General SCHENCK, Baltimore, Md.: You have abundant forces and the use of the railroad. If you have any apprehension for New Creek, concentrate troops…
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Robt. O. C. Schenok to Benjamin F. Kelley, April 26, 1863
BUCKHANNON, V. A. BUCKHANNON, V. A., April 26, 1863. General KELLEY, Commanding Harper’s Ferry : I just received a dispatch from Clarksburg, reporting that at 11.30 p- m. the enemy…