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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…
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Irvin Modowell to Nathaniel P. Banks, April 17, 1862
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 17, 1862. To you and to the forces under your command the Department returns thanks for the brilliant and successful operations of this day. EDWIN M.…
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B. F. Kelley, April 12, 1862
HEADQUARTERS RAILROAD DISTRICT, Wheeling, Va., April 12, 1862. COLONEL: In my order addressed to Captain Showalter I directed him to kill or capture the following-named persons, who were refugees, sent…
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Thomas J. Lucas to John J. Abercrombie, April 7, 1862
HEADQUARTERS SIXTEENTH INDIANA REGIMENT, Warrenton Junction, Va., April 7, 1862. Srr: I have the honor to report that in accordance with your order of the 6th instant I made a…
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Oliver O. Howard to J. H. Taylor, March 29, 1862
HEADQUARTERS OAMP WARRENTON JUNOTION, March 29, 1862. COLONEL: Having received orders from the headquarters of this Army Corps, dated March 28, 1862, to take command of a reconnoitering force, composed…
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Jno. W. Geary, March 31, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ADVANCE BRIGADE, White Plains, Va., March 31, 1862. GENERAL: Yesterday afternoon I examined the line of the. railroad from this point to Salem, and also to Thoroughfare. The road…
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Unknown to Irvin McDowell, March 30, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ADVANCE BRIGADE, White Plains, Va., March 30, 1862. GENERAL: In obedience to orders to march to this point on the Manassas Railroad, I reached here yesterday afternoon at 2…
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John W. Geary to G. B. Drake, March 27, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ADVANCE BRIGADE, Middleburg, Va., March 27, 1862—4 p. m.. Sm: Upon reaching here about noon to-day I found there were about * Tabulated on p. 384. tSee also Series…
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Unknown to Jesse S. Burks, March 26, 1862
PROVISIONAL ARMY CONFEDERATE STATES, Bivouac near Woodstock, Shenandoah Oo., Va., March 26, 1862. Sie: In obedience to an order received from Col. Jesse S. Burks, commanding the Third Brigade, I…