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Unknown, December 5, 1861—3 p. m
HEADQUARTERS MOUNTED REGIMENT, Pocotaligo, S. C., December 5, 1861—3 p. m.. GENERAL: I wrote to Captain Elliott yesterday that you desired his presence with mine at your headquarters to know…
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W. M. E. Martin to F. H. Harleston, November 22, 1861
CAMP NEAR POCOTALIGO CAMP NEAR POCOTALIGO, November 22, 1861. Capt. F. H. HARLESTON, Aide-de-Camp, Charleston, S. O. : CAPTAIN: On the 19th instant I submitted to General Ripley a detailed…
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Roswell S. Ripley to Wirnlliam E. Martin, November 16, 1861
HEADQUARTERS PROVISIONAL FORCES, DEPT. S. C., Tulafinny, November 16, 1861. Col WirnLLIAM E. MARTIN, Commanding Mounted Regiment : COLONEL: You will proceed as quickly as possible to organize four or…
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W. M. E. Martin to T. A. Washington, November 25, 1861
HEADQUARTERS MOUNTED REGIMENT, Pocotaligo, November 25, 1861. Capt. T. A. Washington, Aide-de-Camp, Coosawhatchie, S. C.: CAPTAIN: I have the honor of inclosing copies of the following papers: A. General Ripley’s…
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Captain to U. S. Engineer Office, November 8, 1861
OFFICE OF CHIEF ENGINEER E. O., November 8, 1861. Hilton Head, S. 0., November 8, 1861. SrR: In obedience to your directions of this date to proceed on a reconnaissance…
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H. E. Youne to Thomas F. Drayton, November 24, 1861
QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE PROVISIONAL FORCES, THIRD MILITARY DISTRICT, DEPT. S. C., Camp Lee, November 24, 1861. About 4 o’clock on the morning of the 7th instant Capt. Joseph A. Huger arrived…
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Captain to Dunovant, November 13, 1861
HEADQUARTERS BEAUFORT VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY, November 13, 1861. November 13, 1861. Sig: Having been assigned to the command of Fort Beauregard by Colonel Dunovant, commanding the post, I beg leave to…
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R. G. M. Dunovant to H. E. Youne, November 16, 1861
HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH REGIMENT S. C. VOLS., Camp Lee, Pocotaligo, November 16, 1861. SIR: On the 26th of October last I assumed command of the forces Btationed on Bay Point Island,…
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T. W. Sherman, November 11, 1861
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, November 11, 1861. Hilton Head, S. 0., November 11, 1861. SrR: In addition to my report of the 8th instant, and after a more perfect examination into…
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Adjutant-General U. S. Army, November 8, 1861
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royul, S. O., November 8, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to report that the force under my command embarked at Annapolis, Md., on the 21st…
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S: Winfield Scott to Charles M. Teruston, October 20, 1861
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, D. C., October 20, 1861. Brig. Gen. C. M. TERUSTON, U. S. A., ; Cumberland, Md., via Grafton, Va.: Organize and dispatch a detachment of…
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Seth Williams to John G. Barnard, October 18, 1861
Washington Washington, October 18, 1861. Brig. Gen. J. G. BARNARD, Chief Engineer, Army of the Potomac : GENERAL: Major-General McClellan directs that yourself and General Barry proceed as soon as…
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John A. Dix, October 14, 1861
‘ HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, Md., October 14, 1861. GENERAL: I send you the steamer Balloon, Captain Kirwin, which is placed at your disposal for the purpose of aiding…
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Geo. L. Hartsuff, October 11, 1861
GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF WESTERN VA., October 11, 1861. No. 1. Camp at Mountain Cove, Vaš, October 11, 1861. I. In accordance with General Orders, No. 80, from the…
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John A. Dix, . A to Hunry H. Lockwoop, October 9, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, Md., October 9, 1861. Brig. Gen. Hunry H. Lockwoop, Commanding at Cambridge, Md. : GENERAL: All the disunion companies in Queen Anne County should be…
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John A. Dix to George B. McClellan, October 7, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, Md., October 7, 1861. Maj. Gen. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, Commanding Army of the Potomac: GENERAL: In reply to the letter of your assistant adjutant-general, —…
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Unknown to Randolph B. Marcy, October 6, 1861
POINT Or Rocks, Sunday POINT Or Rocks, Sunday, October 6, 1861. Colonel MARCY : : I arrived this morning at this post, traveling all night from Williamsport. It is my…
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E.D. Townsend to William S. Rosecrans, October 6, 1861
HEADQUARTERS ARMY, Washington, October 6, 1861. Brigadier-General ROSECRANS, U.S. A., i Commanding Cross-Lanes, Western Virginia : By Tuesday next [8th instant], at the latest, 3,000 men will leave Pittsburgh to…
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Daniel E. Sickles to Robert Anderson, September 30, 1861
HEADQUARTERS EXCELSIOR BRIGADE, September 30, 1861. “Good Hope, September 30, 1861. Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of the Potomac: GENERAL: I have the honor to report my return to camp last night.…
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John A. Dix to Henry H. Lockwood, September 30, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, September 30, 1861. ` ‘ September 30, 1861. Brigadier-General LOCKWOOD, Cambridge: SIR: I am authorized by Major-General McClellan to disarm any companies on the Eastern Shore…