Browse the complete collection of historical letters, memos, and telegrams.
46,149 lettersHEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE, Camp Calvert, November 22, 1861. GENERAL: Your dispatch of 20th [21st?] instant from Stanford, ordering me to break up the camp at London and join you…
Saint Louis Saint Louis, November 22, 1861. Brig. Gen. C. F. SMITH, Commanding, do., at Paducah, Ky.: It is reported that Goral Hardee, with 8,000 men, is about to cross…
STANFORD, K. Y. STANFORD, K. Y., November 21, 1861. Capt. J. B. FRY, A. A. G. and Chief of Staff, Sir: Your communication of the 19th has just been received.…
Cairo Cairo, November 21, 1861. Capt. J. O. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant-General, Saint Louis, Mo.: General Orders, No. 1, of the 19th instant, -— — of the Missouri, is just received.…
HEADQUARTERS, Crab Orchard, November 20, 1861. Brig. Gen. 8. P. CARTER, Commanding Camp Calvert: GENERAL: Your dispatch [of 19th instant] has just been received. My orders are to move towards…
HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE, Camp Calvert, November 19, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, U. S. A., Commanding, Éc., Crab Orchard: GENERAL: I have just received information that the rebels,…
Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky., November 19, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Division, Crab Orchard, Ky. : SIR: General Buell directs me to say that the orders he has…
HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT, Murfreesborough, Tenn., February 25, 1862. SIR: The fall of Fort Donelson compelled me to withdraw the remaining forces under my command from the north bank of the…
DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Nashville, Tenn., December 5, 1862. GENERAL: Below is a report of the number and caliber of guns, mounted and dismounted, at Nashville, which were captured from…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT WEST TENNESSEE, Fort Donelson, February 21, 1862. I am now in possession of Clarksville, but will move no force there except General Smith’s division until I hear from…
HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT, Nashville, Tenn., February 18, 1862. SIR: In conformity with the intention beds 1 to the Department, the corps under the command of Major-General Hardee completed the evacuation…
HEADQUARTERS CUMBERLAND GAP, February 14, 1862. February 14, 1862. SIR: I am convinced that the enemy will attack us at this place within a week. An attack to-morrow is probable.…
HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH BRIGADE, Camp Cumberland, February 14, 1862. CAPTAIN: A reconnaissance was made to-day by a company of First Battalion Kentucky Cavalry, under the immediate command of Lieutenant-Colonel Munday. Lieutenant-Colonel…
WAR DEPARTMENT, C. S A., Richmond, Va., March 31, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following answers, prepared by my predecessor in office, to the resolutions of…
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTH KENTUCKY REGIMENT, Dover, Tenn., February 17, 1862. Sir: In our engagement with the Federal troops on Thursday, the 13th instant, the Eighth Kentucky Regiment was behind our intrenchments…
HEADQUARTERS, Dover, Tenn. HEADQUARTERS, Dover, Tenn., February 16, 1862. General B. R. JOHNSON, or COMMANDER OF INTRENCHMENTS, Near Dover, Tenn. : SIR: The command of the forces. in this vicinity…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS ARMY IN THE FIELD, February 16, 1862. No. —. Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 16, 1862. All prisoners taken at the surrender of Fort Donelson will be collected…
HEADQUARTERS CUMBERLAND ARMY, Dover, Tenn., February 18, 1862. Sir: It becomes my duty to report that the remains of this army, after winning some brilliant successes both in repulsing the…
MARIETTA, G. A. MARIETTA, G. A., August 1, 1863. General GIDEON J. PILLOW: In accordance with your request I make the following statement of a conversation with you on the…
SPECIAL O ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, December 10, 1862. E No. 289. Richmond, December 10, 1862. , On review of the communication of Brig. Gen. G. J. Pillow, con-…