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46,149 lettersRIicHMOND RIicHMOND, July 10, 1861. General JosrPpH E. JOHNSTON: My DEAR SiR: General Gist, the adjutant-general of South Carolina, goes to your headquarters to make himself useful to you in…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE FORCES, Richmond, Va., July 10, 1861. General J. B. MAGRUDER, Commanding, &e., Yorktown, Va. : GENERAL: I have had the honor to receive your letter of the…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE FORCES, Richmond, Va., July 10, 1861. In charge Naval Defenses, James River: CAPTAIN: A copy of the order assigning you to the charge of naval defenses of…
WILLIAMSBURG, VA. WILLIAMSBURG, VA., July 10, 1861. General J. B. MAGRUDER, Commanding Department: Sir: In accordance with your instructions, we have the honor to submit the following report on the…
HEADQUARTERS, Winchester, July 9, 1861. GENERAL: I was so unwell yesterday as to be unable to write fully, and therefore trusted to the information contained in the note from Colonél…
‘ HEADQUARTERS, Winchester, July 8, 1861. General S. CooPER, Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va.: GENERAL: Since I forwarded to you Colonel Jackson’s report * from Darkesville nothing has occurred…
HEADQUARTERS, Richmond, Va., July 6, 1861. yy Brig. Gen. T. H. HOLMES, Commanding, os HD pea gy Va: _ GENERAL: General Lee directs me to say that he entirely approves…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, August 10, 1862. MAJOR: Major Curtis arrived here on the 7th instant with Companies Band O, Second Infantry California Volunteers. Company D had been…
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS, July 4, 1861. No. 211. Richmond, Va., July 4, 1861. * * * .II. Brig. Gen. T. J. Jackson, Provisional Army, Confederate States, will report for…
HEADQUARTERS, Winchester HEADQUARTERS, Winchester, July 2, 1861. General S.. COOPER: a GENERAL: I become more convinced daily of the great value of cayalry, compared with infantry, for service on this…
HEADQUARTERS, Richmond, Va., July 1, 1861. GENERAL: J am directed by General Lee to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th ultimo, in reply to my communication of…
HEADQUARTERS, Richmond, Va., June 30, 1861. Brig. Gen. T. H. Houmes, C. 8. A., Commanding, &c., Fredericksburg, Va.: GENERAL: I have received your letter of the 28th instant,* inclosing the…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, May 20, 1862. MAJOR: The following is a summary of my operations against the Indians in my district since my last dispatch in April…
HEADQUARTERS, Loring’s Mill, Warwick Road, Va., June 30, 1861. Sir: [have the honor to report that the command of LieutenantColonel Dreux, about eighteen hundred strong, arrived here yesterday at 3…
HEADQUARTERS, Brooke’s Station, June 28, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War: Sim: Pursuant to your instructions, received last night, I dispatched Colonel Bate, with the effective force of…
HEADQUARTERS, Richmond, Va., June 28, 1861. Brig. Gen. T. H. HoLMEs, Commanding, &c., Fredericksburg, Va. : GENERAL: In answer to your letter of the 27th instant* I have to state…
HEADQUARTERS, Brooke’s Station, June 27, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War: Sir: In answer to yours relative to co-operating with Commander — Lewis, Confederate Navy, I have respectfully…
HEADQUARTERS, Winchester, June 26, 1861. Lieutenant-Colonel DEAS, Richmond, Va.: COLONEL: I have just had the honor to receive your lene of the 24th instant. You ask on the part of…
HEADQUARTERS, Richmond, Va., June 25, 1861. GENERAL: Your communication of the 22d instant* has been duly received. The resignation of the five officers of the Zouave battalion therein mentioned, the…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF ARIZONA, Franklin, Tex., September 1, 1862. COMMANDER OF CONFEDERATE TROOPS, SAN ANTONIO, TEX.: SIR: I found on my arrival here some twenty-odd sick and wounded soldiers of…