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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., December 10, 1861. General LORENZO THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. 0.: SIR : I have the honor to report that Otter…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF PORT ROYAL, December 9, 1861. Beaufort, S. 0., December 9, 1861. GENERAL: I have received information that since my visit to Port Royal Ferry yesterday the Confederates…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF PORT ROYAL, Beaufort, S. C., December 8, 1861. Lieut. Col. BRENHOLTS, Commanding Detachment, Port Royal Ferry: SIR: In command of the three companies of the Fiftieth Pennsylvania…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, December 6, 1861. Hilton Head, S. 0., December 6, 1861. Col. RUDOLPH Rosa, Commanding Forty-sixth New York Volunteers: CoLONEL: The commanding general directs that you take post…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, December 4, 1861. Port Royal, S. 0., December 4, 1861. General LORENZO THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. O.: SIR: Since my letter of the 27th…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, November 27, 1861. Hilton Head, 8. 0., November 27, 1861. ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. 0.: SIR : For the want of an engineer officer (one…
HDQRS. OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, Washington, November 27, 1861. Port Royal, Å . 0.: S: Your letters of the 11th,* 15th, and 17th instant have been received. Four additional…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY OORPS, Hilton Head, S. C., November 25, 1861. The ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. 0.: SIR: Our scouts have found the fort on Ladies Island covering the…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, November 25, 1861. Hilton Head, S. 0., November 25, 1861. The ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. 0.: SIR: I have the honor to report that we…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Hilton Head, S. O., November 17, 1861. The ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. C.: SIR: I have the honor to report that the position of the…
GENERAL ORDEBS, HDQRS. EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, November 15, 1861. No. 29. Hilton Head, S. C., November 15, 1861. * * * * * III. The fort on Hilton Head will be…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Hilton Head, S. O., November 15, 1861. The ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. 0.: SIR: I have the honor to report that, in consequence of the…
GENERAL ORDERS, ! HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, November 11, 1861. No. 24. Hilton Head, S. O., November 11, 1861. The general commanding is pained to know that some of the troops…
Fort Monroe Fort Monroe, October 28, 1861. Secretary of War: SIR: By special messenger I would inform you that the expedition under the command of Brigadier-General Sherman is still in…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Hampton Roads, October 27, 1861. General M. C. MEIGS, Quartermaster-General U. 8. Army, Washington, D. O. : The unexpected delay of the expedition at this point, owing…
CIROULAR.] HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, U. S. F. Wabash, October 26, 1861. In eonsequence of the present unexpected delay in putting to sea, on account of unfavorable weather, It is considered…
GENERAL ORDERS, ! HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, October 23, 1861. No. 19. Steamer Atlantic, October 23, 1861. This command will sail for its destination in a very few days, under convoy…
Washington Washington, October 18, 1861. General THOMAS W. SHERMAN, Annapolis, Md.: Your dispatch of yesterday received and shown to General McClellan. Ihave promised him to not break his army here…
GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, October 17, 1861. No. 15. Annapolis, Md., October 17, 1861. The embarkation of the troops of this division will commence imme. diately and in accordance…
CAMP GRIFFIN CAMP GRIFFIN, October 17, 1861. Hon. THOMAS A. Scorr, Assistant Secretary of War: I gave General Sherman all the regiments he asked for. Atleast two of those originally…