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17,141 lettersDARNESTOWN, MD. DARNESTOWN, MD., September 28, 1861. General STONE: SIR: I received your letter of this morning at 7 o’clock. We have sent the Twelfth Indiana, a good regiment, with…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, September 25, 1861. General ROSECRANS, U. S. A., Cross-Lanes, Va.: No blow has been struck at you. That phrase objectionable.+ Draw re-enforcements and supplies as…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, Md., September 19, 1861. Maj. Gen. G. B. MCCLELLAN, Commanding Army of the Potomac: . GENERAL: There are several companies in Caroline, Queen Anne, and…
HEADQUARTERS HOOKER’S BRIGADE, Camp Union, Md., September 14, 1861—7 a m.. . COLONEL: I am directed by the brigadier-general commanding to inform you that he received late last evening from…
HEADQUARTERS HOOKER’S BRIGADE, Camp Union, September 13, 1861. SIR: The report of your operations, dated 2 p. m. on the 12th instant, reached here this morning. Prior to its receipt…
LOWER MARLBOROUGH, MD. LOWER MARLBOROUGH, MD., September 12, 1861. General HOCKER, Commanding, dc. : GENERAL: Yesterday we proceeded down the river towards Lower Marlborough. After proceeding 5 or 6 miles…
HEADQUARTERS GENERAL BANKY DIVISION, Near Darnestown, Md., September 12, 1861. Chief of Staff to General McClellan, Washington, D. C.: SIR: Major-General Banks directs me to ask if there is any…
HEADQUARTERS GENERAL BANKS’ DIVISION, Near Darnestown, Md., September 12, 1861. Colonel GEARY, Twenty-eighth Regiment Pa. Vols., Point of Rocks, Md. : SIR :.I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt…
Poolesville Poolesville, September 12, 1861. Col. R. B. MAROCY, Chief of Staff, Army of the Potomac : COLONEL: I would respectfully call the attention of the major-general commanding to the…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF OCOUPATION, W. V. A., Camp Scott, near Cross-Lanes, Va., September 11, 1861. J GENERAL: Yesterday we reached the Cross-Lanes at 2 o’elock; drove : in the rebel…
HEADQUARTERS CORPS OF OBSERVATION, Poolesville, September 10, 1861. Maj. $. WILLIAMS, Headquarters Army of the Potomae: MAJOR: I have the honor to report for the information of the majorgeneral commanding…
HEADQUARTERS HOOKER’S BRIGADE, Camp Union, September 8, 1861. Colonel COWDIN, Commanding First Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers : The major-general commanding the Army of the Potomac 1s informed that two companies of…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, Washington City, September 6, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to suggest the following proposition, with the – request that the necessary authority be at…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. ARMY OF OCCUPATION, W. VA., September 6, 1861. No. 89. I Sutton, Va., September 6, 1861. The command will move to-morrow morning in the direction of…
Washington Washington, September 5, 1861. Hon. S. CAMERON, Secretary of War : “Sir: I have most urgently to request that the following-named companies of regular artillery be ordered to report…
HEADQUARTERS CORPS OF OBSERVATION, i Poolesville, Md., September 4, 1861. Maj. Gen. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, Commanding Army of the Potomac : GENERAL: Your telegram of this date I have had…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, Washington, D. C., September 4, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 1st instant. The Commanding General…
HEADQUARTERS CORPS OF OBSERVATION, Poolesville, September 2, 1861. Maj. S. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant-General, Hdqrs. Army of the Potomac : MAJOR: I have the honor to report that two or three…
_/ HEADQUARTERS GENERAL BANKS’ DIVISION, Near Darnestown, Md., August 31, 1861. General STONE: SIR: Major-General Banks directs me to inform you that he arrived at this place day before yesterday.…
HEADQUARTERS CORPS OF OBSERVATION, August 28, 1861. . Poolesville, August 28, 1861. Maj. S. WILLIAMS, Headquarters Army of the Potomac : MAJOR: I have the honor to report that in…