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46,149 lettersHDQRS. OF THE ARMY, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE, Washington, December 23, 1861. S1z: In compliance with your instructions, [ have the honor to report that, after due consideration, the General-in-Chief is…
Wak DEPARTMENT Wak DEPARTMENT, November 30, 1861. General R. PATTERSON, Philadelphia, Pa. : GENERAL: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th instant, calling my attention…
HAGERSTOWN HAGERSTOWN, July 25, 1861. Sir: I am possessed of reliable information that a messenger left this place for Baltimore with a dispatch from the Confederate Army to the rebels…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Harper’s Ferry, Va., July 24, 1861—3 p. m.. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND : While awaiting the arrival of General Banks, who is addressed as commanding here,…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, July 20, 1861. Major-General PATTERSON, U.S. Army, Charlestown, Va.: Five Pennsylvania regiments, Colonel Paine’s Fourth Wisconsin, now at Harrisburg, and four regiments from this city,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Charlestown, Va., July 19, 1861. COLONEL: In reply to your communication of yesterday* the commanding general directs me to say that there is no intention or…
CHARLESTOWN CHARLESTOWN, July 19, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND: I sent Major Russell to you to-day as messenger. The Second and Third Pennsylvania Volunteers demand discharge, and I send them…
CHARLESTOWN, V. A. CHARLESTOWN, V. A., July 18, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND: _ Telegraph of to-day received. The enemy has stolen no march upon me. I have kept him…
CHARLESTOWN, VA. CHARLESTOWN, VA., July 17, 1861. Col. E. D. TowNsEND, U. 8S. Army: The term of service of the Pennsylvania troops (eighteen regiments} expires within seven days, commencing to-morrow.…
MARTINSBURG MARTINSBURG, July 13, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General : Received the announcement of McClellan’s victory with great gratification. His success, however, makes no change in my plans.…
MARTINSBURG MARTINSBURG, July 13, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General : McClellan’s victory received here with great joy; received without comment from the General-in-Chief. I have given and now…
MaRTInsBurRG, V. A. MaRTInsBurRG, V. A., July 12, 1861. Col. K. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General : Dispatch of 11th received and confirms my impression expressed on 9th instant. To properly…
MARTINSBURG MARTINSBURG, July 9, 1861. Colonel CROSMAN, quartermaster, thought 900 wagons would be sufiicient to furnish subsistence and to transport ammunition to our present force. The calculation for the original…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Martinsburg, Va., via Bedford, July 8, 1861. COMMANDING OFFICER, Cumberland, Md.: Your two Pennsylvania regiments have been ordered to Cumberland, _ and placed under the. orders…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Martinsburg, Va., July 6, 1861. Sir: I telegraphed my intention to cross the Potomac on the 1st instant. I now have the honor to report my…
F Washington F Washington, July 6, 1861. General PATTERSON, Martinsburg, Va.: Governor Curtin has been requested to send two regiments of State troops (probably the two near Bedford) to Cumberland…
BUCKHANNON, V. A. BUCKHANNON, V. A., July 6, 1861. General Patterson informs me that he has ordered Wallace away from Cumberland. From what I know of the state of affairs…
MARTINSBURG, V. A. MARTINSBURG, V. A., July 5, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Have ordered up everything—Colonel Stcne, Cumberland, and Frederick foree. Large re-enforcements have come in from Manassas… R.…
Washington Washington, July 5, 1861. General R. PATTERSON : If necessary, call up the regiment left at Frederick, and I will replace it. In an extreme case, order Colonel Wallace…
MARTINSBURG MARTINSBURG, July 4, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General : Received your confidential letter by Lieutenant Jones,* of the Rhode Island Battery, and will regulate accordingly, though may…