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46,149 lettersWilmington [ Delaware ] August 29, 1777. Sends extract from General Orders of June 18, 1777, stating that “Timothy Pickering Esquire is appointed Adjutant General in the Armies of the…
April 3, 1862. April 3, 1862. COLONEL: Yesterday, in compliance with orders from the general commanding this corps, I made another reconnaissance to the Rappahannock River. Leaving camp at about…
Wilmington [ Delaware ] August 29, 1777. Discusses movements of enemy. Asks Hancock to send commissions for Brigadier Generals John Glover, Enoch Poor, and John Paterson.
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 of three regiments of…
Head Quarters Wilmington [Delaware] August 29th 1777 Sir, Your two favours 2 both of the 22d came to hand yesterday. His Excellency had been all the day out reconnoitring the…
Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward. Washington, September 28, 1864. Sir: On the 31st ultimo I had the honor to bring to your notice the ease of Mr. Charles A. Russell,…
Wilmington [ Delaware ] August 28, 1777. Recommends Count Casimir Pulaski 1 to command cavalry.
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 to Salem is…
Mr. F. W. Seward to Mr. Burnley. Department of State, Washington, September 27, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 23d instant,…
Wilmington [ Delaware ] August 27, 1777. Discusses failure of Staten Island expedition. Advises Sullivan to spare health of men on march to Headquarters.
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 o’clock with my…
Camp at Cross Roads [ Pennsylvania ] August 22, 1777. Acknowledges receipt of news that enemy is in Chesapeake Bay. Informs Hancock of orders given to Colonel Thomas Proctor, Brigadier…
Mr. F. W. Seward to Mr. Burnley. Department of State, Washington, September 26, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to inform you, with a view to her Majesty’s, government being…
Camp at Cross Roads [ Pennsylvania ] August 19, 1777. Abides by Brigadier General de Borre’s preference of an American as brigade major and recommends Captain Matthew McConnell of Colonel…
Middleburg, Va., March 27, 1862. Sm: Upon reaching here about noon to-day I found there were about 200 cavalry and 200 infantry in and around the town, being advised of…
Camp at the Cross Roads [ Pennsylvania ] August 18, 1777. Acknowledges receipt of the Baron’s “plan of a military work.â€� Encloses letter to Major General Nathanael Greene stating that…
Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward. Washington, September 25, 1864. Sir: Her Majesty’s government have attentively considered the various sections of the new prize act passed by the Congress of the…
Head Quarters Camp at Cross Roads [Pennsylvania] Aug. 18, 1777 My Dear Sir, I most sincerely and heartily sympathise with you in the distresses and dangers under which your state…
Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward. Washington, September 24, 1864. Sir: With reference to Lord Lyons’s note of the 30th July, and to your reply of the 15th ultimo, respecting the…
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 have the honor to…