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46,149 letters. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, August 17, 1861. : Baltimore, Md., August 17, 1861. Col. G. W. CULLUM, Aide-de-Camp, Headquarters of the Army: COLONEL: I inclose a map of the…
Washington Washington, August 16, 1861. Brig. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, U. S. A., Commanding Department of the Ohio, Clarksburg, Va. : The reason of my communication was that I have…
Washington Washington, August 16, 1861. General BANKS, Commanding, Sandy Hook: From information received this evening it is deemed important that the change of position ordered by General-in-Chief should be made…
HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF THE POTOMAO, Washington, D. C., August 14, 1861. Brig. Gen. ANDREW PORTER, Provost-Marshal, &c., Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: The brigade commander of the Seventy-ninth Regiment New York…
HEADQUARTERS CORPS OF OBSERVATION, Rockville, August 13, 1861. Maj. S. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant-General, Headquarters Division of Potomac : MAJOR: I have the honor to report that I arrived here yesterday,…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, August 19, 1861. August 19, 1861. Major-General BANKs, U. S. A., – Commanding, dec., Sandy Hook, Md. : You are authorized to withdraw your batteries and…
GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. CORPS OF OBSERVATION, August 12, 1861. No. 1. Rockville, August 12, 1861. By virtue of orders from Headquarters Division of Potomac, dated August 10, 1861, the undersigned…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Fort McHenry, Md., August 7, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, Headquarters of the Army: COLONEL: lreceived the telegraphie dispateh of the General-in-Chief, to send…
Washington Washington, August 7, 1861. Brig. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Commanding Department of the Ohio, Clarksburg, Va.: General Dix telegraphs that he is reliably informed that Lee and Johnston are…
CLARKSBURG, VA. CLARKSBURG, VA., August 6, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General: Every day’s experience with volunteer troops convinces me of the absolute necessity of having some officers of…
[Inclosure.] SAN BERNARDINO, CAL., August 6, 1861. Commanding the Department of California: DEAR SIR: I have not yet learned the name of the officer or posts of the soldiers ‘referred…
HEADQUARTERS, SANDY HOOK, Near Harper’s Ferry, Va., August 6, 1861. Col. E. D. TowNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General : SIR: I was much gratified to receive the order authorizing the transfer of…
CAMP TENNALLY CAMP TENNALLY, August 6, 1861. Maj. S. WILLIAMS, Assistant .Adjutant-General : MAJOR: I made this morning a reconnaissance of the country reported last evening to be oceupied by…
Clarksburg, Va. Clarksburg, Va., August 4, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, Washington, D. C.: COLONEL: Lower Cheat River region appears to be entirely free of rebel forces as…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY FORCE, Union Mills, Va., March 16, 1862. We arrived here last evening about dark. We got corn for horses; no provisions for men. Bull hun too high to…
HEADQUARTERS ADVANCE BRIGADE, Leesburg, Va., March 9, 1862. SIR: On the morning of the 7th I learned there were about 1,000 infantry, some artillery, and between 200 and 300 cavalry…
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS, March 16, 1862. > Camp Seminary, Vä., March 16, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to make the following report of the movements of the.…
: HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE, Three miles from Bull Run, March 9, 1862. SIR : On information of my scouts, &c., I felt justified in making this day a reconnaissance to…
WAR DEPARTMENT, March 20, 1862. ; l Richmond, Va., March 20, 1862. GENERAL: The President requests that I should inform you that. unofficial reports have reached him of great destruction…
HEADQUARTERS, CAMP BARTOW, V. A., March 22, 1862. SIR: In obedience to the orders of the President, conveyed through you to Major-General Holmes, on account of certain unofficial reports —…