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W. H. Jenifer, May 12, 1862
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Success, Va., May 12, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit my report, in reference to my vrigade, of the battle of Giles Court-House, which took place…
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Unknown to General, May 16, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NEW RIVER, Giles Oourt-House, Va., May 16, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the battle of Giles Court-House, fought on the…
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Www. C. Scott, May 5, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE NORTHWEST, Camp at Valley Mills, Va., May 5, 1862. Brigade commanders will cause the different regiments and independent companies of their respective commands to have cooked…
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E. Johnson to A. Smead, April 22, 1862
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, Camp at Valley Mills, Va., April 22, 1862. Commandants of brigades will cause all company officers of the regiments and captains of their commands to quarter with…
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General Johnson to A. Smead, April 21, 1862
ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, April 21, 1862. No. —. Camp at Valley Mills, Va., April 21, 1862. I. The troops of this command will be divided into two brigades; the…
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W. M. B. Taliaferro to R. L. Dabney, May 16, 1862
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, Valley District, Va., May 16, 1862. Magor: I have the honor, in obedience to the instructions of the major-general commanding, to make the following report of the…
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Thomas J. Jackson to Samuel Cooper, May 10, 1862
Via Staunton, Va. Via Staunton, Va., May 10, 1862. General S. COOPER, Adjutant-General : God blessed our arms with victory at McDowell yesterday. T. J. JACKSON, Major-General. Hpagrs. SECOND Corps,…
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Robert C. Schenck to George B. McClellan, May 14, 1862
HDQRS. SCHENCK’S BRIGADE, MOUNTAIN DEPARTMENT, Camp Franklin, May 14, 1862. Thave had the honor in my dispatehes, heretofore transmitted through you, to inform the general commanding of my march with…
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J. Fremont to Edwin M. Stanton, May 13, 1862
MOUNTAIN DEPARTMENT, HDQRS. ARMY IN FIELD, Franklin, May 13, 1862. Arrived here at 10 a.m. with my advance brigade. Find Jackson retreating. Loss on our side, killed and wounded, at…
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John C. Frémont to E. B. M. Stanton, May 9, 1862
HEADQUARTERS MOUNTAIN D&PARTMENT, Petersburg, Va., May 9, 1862. P Te dispatch received this morning from General Schenck states as ollows: * Nominal list omitted. tSee also Frémont’s general repert, pp.…
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J. C. Sullivan, May 8, 1862
HEADQUARTERS THIRTEENTH INDIANA REGIMENT, Columbia.Bridge, May 8, 1862. Siz: In obedience to your order I beg leave to transmit to you the following account of the affair in which the…
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S. W. Downey to Albert Tracy, May 20, 1862
HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD, Franklin, May 20, 1862. Lieutenant-Colonel Downey, sent to Wardensville after the party of guerrillas who murdered a party of officers, zouaves, and convalescent soldiers on their…
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W. H. Jenifer to Joseph E. Johnston, May 6, 1862
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW RIVER, Wytheville, Va., May 6, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit my report of a skirmish with the enemy near Princeton, Va., on the…
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Unknown to Eliakim P. Scammon, May 2, 1862
CHARLESTON CHARLESTON, May 2, 1862. Colonel Scammon’s advance guard had a skirmish with about 300 rebels at Camp Creek, a fork of Blue Stone, yesterday morning. Six of the enemy…
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Unknown to Kelley sends this evening the following dispatch from Lieutenant-Colonel Downey, April 23, 1862
WHEELING WHEELING, April 23, 1862. General Kelley sends this evening the following dispatch from Lieutenant-Colonel Downey, in command at Romney: Twenty-five of Firey’s and Shaw’s cavalry encountered Colonel Parsons with…
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Charles W. Field to Robert E. Lee, April 20, 1862
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Camp Spottsylvania, April 20, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that Lieut. Col. W. H. F. Lee has just arrived in my camp, and makes the…
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Robert E. Lee to General, April 20, 1862
HEADQUARTERS AQUIA DISTRICT, April 20, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the following report of my recent movements, terminating in the evacuation of Fredericks. burg: . My brigade…
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Robert E. Lee to Charles W. Field, April 19, 1862
Richmond, Va. Richmond, Va., April 19, 1862. Commanding, &c., near Fredericksburg, Va.: GENERAL: Your letter of the 17th instant is received.* I desire that you shall do everything in your…
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Unknown, April 19, 1862
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, April 19, 1862. Seven miles from Fredericksburg, on Telegraph Road, April 19, 1862—6 a. m. GENERAL: I reached this point with my brigade yesterday about neon. A very…
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George D. Bayard to Halsted, April 28, 1862
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK, Aquia, April 28, 1862. I sent up by to-day’s boat 17 prisoners, taken by our troops in their advance on Fredericksburg. They are mostly of…