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R. B. Marcy, December 4, 1861
HDQRS. BRIGADIER-GENERAL BLENKER’S DIVISION, t Hunters Chapel, December 4, 1861. – SIR: I respectfully lay before you a detailed report of the skirmish which took place in the afternoon of…
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George A. McCall to Seth Williams, November 27, 1861
HEADQUARTERS MOCALUS DIVISION, November 27, 1861. November 27, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to transmit herewith the report of Col. G. D. Bayard, First Regiment Cavalry, Pennsylvania Reserves, of…
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Chas. A. Bell to George B. McClellan, November 26, 1861
HDQRS. COMPANY F, THIRD PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY, November 26, 1861. ` Camp Marcy, November 26, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to submit to you the following report in full detail…
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E. B. Fowler to Respectfully forwarded. M RUE, November 17, 1861
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY BRIGADE, Camp Qui Vive, November 17, 1861. Respectfully forwarded. M RUE : I highly commend Major Martin, his officers and men, for this highly creditable affair. Major Ball,…
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Joseph E. Johnston to Samuel Cooper, November 28, 1861
: HEADQUARTERS, Centreville, November 28, 1861. Sir: I have the pleasure to transmit herewith the reports of three successful skirmishes by parties of our cavalry,* and respectfully invite the attention…
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Sullivan Ihave been to the front and visited all the pickets and outposts guarded by this brigade. Ihave, November 16, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DIVISION, Arlington, November 16, 1861. This report relates to an affair not creditable to the officer commanding the escort. He is not here to justify himself, but from the…
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Per John Murray to Irvin McDowell, November 16, 1861
HEADQUARTERS GENERAL KEYES’ BRIGADE, Uptows Hill, Va., November 16, 1861. It has just been reported that a foraging party sent out from this brigade this morning has been cut off.…
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Re Henry H. Lockwood to Abraham Lincoln, November 16, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Newtown, Md., November 16, 1861. GENERAL: I this morning sent Captain Knight with a flag of truce to the headquarters of the rebel force below. I inclose his letter…
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John A. Dix to Edwin M. Stanton, November 15, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, November 15, 1861. DEAR GENERAL: I inclose a copy of a proclamation I sent down to General Lockwood.* It was sent into Virginia to-day. I have given him…
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John A. Dix, November 18, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, November 18, 1861. ; Baltimore, November 18, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to inclose copies of a dispatch from ern Shore, and of a letter to him from…
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John A. Dix to Nathaniel P. Banks, November 14, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, November 14, 1861. GENERAL: I send you 500 of the Seventeenth Massachusetts Volunteers, under Colonel Amory, which will make your command a very formidable one. I will send…
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Joseph Hooker, November 14, 1861
HEADQUARTERS HOOKER’S DIVISION, Camp Baker, Lower Potomac, Md., November 14, 1861. GENERAL: The right of my camp was enlivened to-day by a spirited contest for a prize in the shape…
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H. D. Terry, November 12, 1861
HDQRS. FIFTH REGIMENT MICHIGAN INFANTRY, Camp Lyon, near Alexandria, Va., November 12, 1861. GENERAL: In pursuance of your orders, received this morning through Captain Norvell, at Pohick Church, I at…
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Samuel P. Heintzelman to Seth Williams, November 13, 1861
HEADQUARTERS OF DIVISION, Fort Lyon, November 13, 1861. GENERAL: The enemy having made a demonstration against our pickets on the 11th instant, I sent out two small parties of cavalry…
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Charles K. Graham, November 11, 1861
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH REGIMENT EXCELSIOR BRIGADE, Camp Fenion, near Port Tobacco, Md., November 11, 1861. GENERAL: Shortly after my arrival at this point Captain Wilkinson, of Company I of this regiment,…
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Daniel E. Sickles to Charles K. Graham, November 12, 1861
HEADQUARTERS EXCELSIOR BRIGADE, Second Brigade, Hooker’s Division, November 12, 1861. CAPTAIN: Herewith I have the honor to inelose Col. Charles K. Graham’s report of a reconnaissance of Mathias Point and…
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Joseph Hooker to Seth Williams, November 12, 1861
HEADQUARTERS HOOKER’S DIVISION, Camp Baker, Lower Potomac, Md., November 12, 1861. GENERAL: It was reported to me that the rebels were planting a battery at Boyd’s Hole, which threatened to…
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Benjamin F. Kelley to Lorenzo Thomas, January 17, 1862
: HEADQUARTERS, Cumberland, Md., January 17, 1862. GENERAL: I herewith inclose you Colonel Dunning’s report of the expedition to Blue’s Gap on the 8th [7th] instant. ; I am happy…
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N. P. Banks, December 22, 1861
HEADQUARTERS BANKS’ DIVISION, December 22, 1861. December 22, 1861. SIR: Telegram from Colonel Leonard states as follows: WILLIAMSPORT, 21ST. Canal-boats running to-day both ways. Two guns were brought to Little…
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S. H. Leonard to George B. McClellan, December 20, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DIVISION, Frederick, Md., December 20, 1861. SIR: I received to-night your dispatch of 5 p.m. and the several telegrams and reports* made since the enemy appeared on the river,…