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Jno. M. Patton, J. R to Thomas J. Jackson, March 27, 1862
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, Camp near Woodstock, Va., March 27, 1862. Sir: In obedience to an order from Maj. Gen. T. J. J ackson, I beg leave to submit the following…
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Jos. Carpenter to Joseph Carpenter, April 7, 1862
HEADQUARTERS VALLEY DISTRICT, April 7, 1862. April 7, 1862. Captain Carpenter will please state how many men he had engaged on March 23. A. 8. PENDLETON, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. We…
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Major-General Jackson, April 7, 1862
HEADQUARTERS VALLEY DISTRICT, April 7, 1862. April 7, 1862. Please state the number actually engaged and return it. By order of Major-General Jackson : A. 8S. PENDLETON,Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.Oi eersem…
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Thomas J. Jackson to A. J. Grigsby, April 7, 1862
HEADQUARTERS VALLEY DISTRIOT, April 7, 1862. April 7, 1862. Colonel Grigsby will please state how many men were in the engagement of March 23. By order of Major-General Jackson: A.…
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Thomas J. Jackson to Ronald, April 7, 1862
HEADQUARTERS VALLEY DISTRICT, April 7, 1862. April 7, 1862. Colonel Ronald will please state the number of men engaged on March 23. By order of Major-General Jackson: A. 8. PENDLETON,Acting…
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Thomas J. Jackson to A..s. Pendleton, April 7, 1862
HEADQUARTERS VALLEY DISTRICT, April 7, 1862. April 7, 1862. Colonel Allen will please state how many men he had engaged on March 23. By order of Major-General Jackson: A..S. PENDLETON,Acting…
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T. J. Jackson, April 9, 1862
HEADQUARTERS VALLEY DISTRICT, Near Mount Jackson, Va., April 9, 1862. Masor: I have the honor to submit the following report of the battle near Kernstown, Va., on Sunday, March 23:…
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Joseph E. Johnston, March 29, 1862
HEADQUARTERS VALLEY DISTRICT, Near Mount Jackson, March 29, 1862. My DEar GENERAL: My information, from a spy who left Winchester on day before yesterday, is that from 8,000 to 10,000…
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Thomas J. Jackson to Joseph E. Johnston, March 24, 1862
HEADQUARTERS VALLEY DISTRIOT, Near Newtown, Va., March 24, 1862. GENERAL: As the enemy had been sending off troops from the district and from what I could learn were still doing…
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Jer. O. C. Sullivan to H. G. Armstrong, March 26, 1862
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, SHIELDS’ DIVISION, Near Tom’s Brook, March 26, 1862. I have the honor to make the following report of the part my brigade took in the battle of…
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Nathan Kimball to H. G. Armstrong, March 26, 1862
HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE, SHIELDS’ DIVISION, Oamp near Strasburg, Va., March 26, 1862. Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report of the battle which was fought near Winchester,…
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P. Daum, March 26, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARTILLERY BRIGADE, Shields’ Division, Strasburg, Va., March 26, 1862. On Saturday, March 22, about 4p. m., the enemy made an attack upon our forces near Winchester and on the…
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Kimball Idirected two companies of the Pennsylvania cavalry to patrol the Front Royal road. Two companies were, March 25, 1862
HEADQUARTERS 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…
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Www. W. Rowley to Albert J. Myer, March 29, 1862
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…
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Banks all, March 26, 1862
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…
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Banks Iput my command under arms, March 20, 1862
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…
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Major-General Halleck, February 23, 1863
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…
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J. C. Kelton to The Adjutant-General, February 21, 1863
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…
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Jno. Pope, August 27, 1862
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…
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Robert C. Buchanan to I. Modowell, October 20, 1862
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…