Letter
kh. BE. Lee to Samuel Cooper, April 7, 1863
April 7, 1863. “3 April 7, 1863. General S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General, C. 8. A.: GENERAL: I inclose herewith a map* of the field of operations of this…
Archive
All Letters
Browse the complete collection of historical letters, memos, and telegrams.
46,149 lettersLetter
EDWARD MORGAN, Surveyor to Messrs. Laird, October 9, 1863
E. Morgan, surveyor, her Majesty’s customs, Liverpool, to Laird Brothers. Surveyor’s Office, Customs, October, 9, 1863. Gentlemen: I hereby beg to give you notice that, by directions of the honorable…
Order
kh. H. CHILTON to 500 THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN, VA. [Cuar. XXL, June 24, 1862
June 24, 1862. No. 75. June 24, 1862. I. General Jackson’s command will proceed to-morrow from Ashland toward the Slash Church and encamp at some convenient point west of the…
Letter
MORGAN, Surveyor to Messrs. Laird, October 9, 1863
E. Morgan, surveyor, her Majesty’s customs, Liverpool, to Laird Brothers. Customs, Liverpool, October 9, 1863. Gentlemen: I hereby beg to give you notice that I have this day seized the…
Letter
STEWART, Assistant Collector to Messrs. Laird Brothers, October 9, 1863
[Private.] Assistant collector of her Majesty’s customs, Liverpool, to Laird Brothers. Customs, Liverpool, October 9, 1863. Gentlemen: I have received your private note of yesterday, and regret that you should…
Letter
: k. E. LEE to 8. Cooper, March 6, 1863
March 6, 1863. March 6, 1863. Str: After the battle of Seven Pines the Federal Army, under General McClellan, preparatory to an advance upon Richmond, proceeded to fortify its position…
Letter
STEWART, Assistant Collector to Messrs. Laird Brothers, October 8, 1863
Assistant collector of her Majesty’s customs, Liverpool, to Laird Brothers. Custom-House, Liverpool, October 8, 1863. Gentlemen: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this day’s date, stating…
Letter
Laird Brothers to W. G. Stewart, October 8, 1863
[Private—further reply.] Laird Brothers to assistant collector of her Majesty’s customs, Liverpool. Birkenhead Iron Works, Birkenhead, October 8, 1863. Dear Sir: You have made a slight deviation in the wording…
Dispatch
L. A. Grant to Theodore Read, July 9, 1862
Camp in the Field, July 9, 1862. Sir: I have the honor to report the part taken by the Fifth Vermont Regiment in the action near Savage Station on the…
Letter
Laird Brothers to W. G. Stewart, Esq., Assistant Collector of her Majesty’s Customs, Liverpool, October 8, 1863
Laird Brothers to assistant collector of her Majesty’s customs, Liverpool. Birkenhead Iron Works, Birkenhead, October 8, 1863. Sir: We beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of this date, informing…
Letter
STEWART, Assistant Collector to Messrs. Laird & Co., Birkenhead, October 8, 1863
Assistant collector of her Majesty’s customs, Liverpool, to Laird Brothers. Custom-House, Liverpool, October 8, 1863. Gentlemen: Pursuant to the instructions I have received, I beg to transmit you the enclosed…
Letter
K. H. Stoughton to W. T. H. Brooxs, Commanding Brigade, July 10, 1862
July 10, 1862. July 10, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the engagement at Garnettâs Hill on the 27th ultimo: I received orders from…
Letter
G. A. Hamilton to Messrs. Laird Brothers, Birkenhead Iron Works, Birkenhead, February 8, 1864
[Immediate.] Her Majesty’s Treasury to Laird Brothers. Treasury Chambers, February 8, 1864. Gentlemen: In reply to your letter of 3d instant, I am commanded by the lords commissioners of her…
Letter
Francis L. Vinton to Forty-third New York Volunteers, July 10, 1862
July 10, 1862. Sir: Early on the morning of the 27th of June, 1862, my regiment was deployed on picket and reserve along the front of Smithâs division, near Goldingâs…
Letter
Laird Brothers to The Secretary to the Treasury, February 3, 1864
Laird Brothers to her Majesty’s Treasury. Birkenhead Iron Works, Birkenhead, February 3, 1864. Sir: We are in receipt of your letter of the 2d instant, in which you inform us…
Letter
G. A. Hamilton to Messrs. Laird Brothers, Birkenhead Iron Works, Birkenhead, February 2, 1864
Her Majesty’s Treasury to Laird Brothers. Treasury Chambers, February 2, 1864. Gentlemen: In reply to your further letter of 25th ultimo, I am desired by the lords commissioners of her…
Dispatch
Alex. D. Adams to Wilson, July 6, 1862
HDQRS. TWENTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT N. Y. VOLS., In the Field, July 6, 1862. Sir: [have the honor to transmit a report of the action of the Twentyseventh Regiment of New York…
Letter
Laird Brothers to The Secretary to the Treasury, January 25, 1864
Laird Brothers to her Majesty’s Treasury. Birkenhead Iron Works, Birkenhead, January 25, 1864. Sir: We have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 14th instant, refusing…
Letter
G. A. Hamilton to Messrs. Laird, Birkenhead Iron Works, Birkenhead, January 20, 1864
Her Majesty’s Treasury to Laird Brothers. 209 } 20/1 464 Treasury Chambers, January 20, 1864. Gentlemen: In reply to your letter of the 9th instant, and previous letters, I am…
Letter
Jacob G. Frick to Col., Ninety-sixth Pa. Vols., Comdg. Fifth Me. Regt, July 5, 1862
In the Field, July 5, 1862. Sir: From information furnished me by its officers I am enabled to make the following report of the Fifth Maine Regiment at the battle…