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17,141 lettersWAR DEPARTMENT WAR DEPARTMENT, October 17, 1861. General MCCLELLAN: If Generals Stevens and Sherman want the New York Seventy-ninth to go with expedition, can you spare them without serious loss…
ANNAPOLIS ANNAPOLIS, October 17, 1861. Hon. THOMAS A. Soort, Assistant Secretary of War: Have received yourdispatch. I want the Highlanders (Seventy-ninth), and I have transportation. Send them on immediately.
Washington Washington, October 17, 1861. General THOMAS W. SHERMAN, Annapolis : _If General McClellan should consent to spare the New York Seventy ninth Regiment to join your expedition with General…
GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, October 15, 1861. No. 13 Annapolis, Md., October 15, 1861. The following instructions are promulgated for the information and guidance of the troops composing this…
GENERAL ORDERS,{ HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, October 14, 1861. No. 11. } Annapolis, Md., October 14, 1861. The following-named officers are announced upon the staff of the general commanding : 1…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, October 14, 1801. Brig. Gen. THOMAS W. SHERMAN, U. S. Volunteers : SIR: You have been selected to command the land portion of a joint…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, October 5, 1861. Maj. Gen. Jonn E. WOOL, Commanding Fort Monroe : Please select 1,000 active men from the lot of fugitive contrabands now on hand at…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, New York, September 27, 1861. Assistant Quartermaster : SIR: The vessels chartered to transport the fourteen regiments are to form two divisions, to move and act together…
Hartford, Conn. Hartford, Conn., September 20, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War, Washington : SIR: I telegraphed you on the 17th and 18th instant, and would now repeat the…
GENERAL ORDERS HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, September 19, 1861. No. 5. d Washington, D. O., September 19, 1861. The command will for the present be divided into three brigades, to be…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, September 14, 1861. Brig. Gen. THOMAS W. SHERMAN, U. S. A., New York City, N. Y.: General Scott says: *Come here with all your command…
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, New York, September 13, 1861. Capt. RUFUS SAXTON, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Army: SIR: You will provide transportation in good, sound, and safe steamers for fourteen…
GENERAL ORDERS, ! HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, September 9, 1861. No. 1. New York, September 9, 1861. I. The following-named officers are announced upon the staff of the eommanding officer…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, August 27, 1861. His Excellency E. D. MoRGAN, Governor of New York: SIR: This will be handed you by Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Sherman, who will explain…
NEW YORK NEW YORK, August 20, 1861. A. A. G., U. S. A., Hdqrs. Army, Washington, D. O.: SIR: In conformity to verbal instructions of the 10th instant I have…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, August 10, 1861. General T. W. Sherman, having been charged with the preparation of an expedition to rendezvous on Long Island Sound, will, on the part of…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, August 11, 1861. SIR: You will proceed to the capitals of the States of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, and confer with the governors…
GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, April 9, 1869. No. 17. Tybee Island, Ga., April 9, 1869. The batteries established against Fort Pulaski will be manned and ready for service…
Hilton Head, S. C. Hilton Head, S. C., December 5, 1861. Brig. Gen. THOMAS W. SHERMAN, Commanding Expeditionary Corps, Hilton Head, S. C.: SIR: Should it be determined to attempt…
Hilton Head, S. O. Hilton Head, S. O., December 1, 1861. Brig. Gen. THOMAS W. SHERMAN, Commanding Expeditionary Corps, Hilton Head, S. O.: SIR : Agreeably to your orders I…