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46,149 lettersHEADQUARTERS FIRST MICHIGAN CAVALRY, Strasburg, March 25, 1862. Siz: I have the honor to report that in obedience to your order of the evening of the 22d instant I proceeded…
HEADQUARTERS GENERAL BANKS’ ARMY CORPS, Strasburg, March 29, 1862. MAJOR: I have the honor to report that the corps under my command are at present around here. There are but…
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH CORPS D’ARMEE, ARMY OF THE POTOMAQ, Strasburg, Va., March 26, 1862. Sig: In reply to your communication I will state what I observed at the first attack by…
HEADQUARTERS HOWARD’S BRIGADE, Near Manassas, March 20, 1862. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report that I took all the cavalry of the three squadrons present and one of the…
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HDQBRS. OF THE ARMY, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE, February 23, 1863. No. 88. Washington, February 23, 1863. VII. The Court of Inquiry, convened by Special Orders, Nos. 350…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, February 21, 1863. February 21, 1863. The ADJUTANT-GENERAL : The facts and opinions of the Court of Inquiry in the case of MajorGeneral McDowell, having been…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD ARMY CORPS, Buckland Mills, August 27, 1862. ing understood that a large division of the enemy under Longstreet left Salem es p. m. for the BRaViA position in…
Washington Washington, October 20, 1862. Maj. Gen. I. MODOWELL, U. 8. Volunteers, Washington, D. O.: GENERAL: Your note inclosing a printed copy of General Milroy’s report is before me, and…
HEADQUARTERS INDEPENDENT BRIGADE, Near Fort Ethan Allen, Va., September 12, 1862. Maj. T. A. MEYSENBERG, Assistant Adjutant-General : * * * * bd The next morning, 30th, I brought my…
GENERAL ORDERS, \ WAR DEP1., ADJT. GEN.’S OFFIOE, August 15, 1862. No. 107. Washington, August 15, 1862. I, Officers of the Regular Army will, as a general rule, receive leaves…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, On board the Oommodore, April 1, 1862. Maj. Gen. N. P. BANKS, Oommanding Fifth Corps: GENERAL: The change in affairs in the valley of the…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington Oity, April 2, 1862. Adjutant-General THomaAs and Major-General HITCHCOCK: GENERALS: I beg leave to refer to you the following papers: 1st. The President’s War Meee No. 3,…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, April 19, 1862. ort of Assistant Inspector-General Maj. Roger Jones of the forces asmy at 7 o’clock p. m. at north end of Long Bridge and…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington Oity, D. O., April 19, 1862. The Secretary of War desires General Wadsworth to assume a supposed attack by the enemy on Washington; that Generali Wadsworth hears…
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, February 3, 1862. My DzARk Sir: You and I have distinct and different plans for movement of the Army of the Potomac: Yours to be down the…
HEADQUARTERS, Manassas Junction, August 28, 1862. The enemy is reported in force on the other side of the Bull Run, on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, as also near Centreville.…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD ARMY CORPS, Buckland Mills, August 27, 1862. It being understood that a large division of the enemy under Longstreet left Salem at 4 p. m. for the enemy’s…
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, D. O., June 26, 1862. I. The forces under Major-Generals Frémont, Banks, and McDowell, including the troops now under Brigadier-General Sturgis at Washington, shall be consolidated and…
Steamer Oommodore Steamer Oommodore, April 1, 1862. Brig. Gen. LORENZO THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. 8. Army: GENERAL: I have to request that you will lay the following commu. nication before the…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, March 16, 1862. Maj. Gen. N. P. BANKS, Oommanding Fifth-Oorps, Army of the Potomac: Sir: You will post your command in the vicinity of Manassas,…