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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS CORPS OF OBSERVATION, Poolesville, August 25, 1861. Maj. S. WILLIAMS, : E Assistant Adjutant-General, Hdqrs. Army of the Potomac: MAJOR: There is nothing of importance to report since my…
Alexandria, Va. Alexandria, Va., August 24, 1861. Maj. S. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant-General : MAJOR: I received information a few days ago which led me to believe that a correspondence between…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, Md., August 23, 1861. GENERAL: The inclosed letter, which I think of sufficient importance to be submitted to you, only conveys intelligence which I am…
SENECA SENECA, August 22, 1861. MAJOR: Ihave the honor to report, for the information of the MajorGeneral Commanding, that all is quiet throughout my lines; no change opposite. ; This…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, August 22, 1861. Major-General MCCLELLAN, U. S. A., Commanding Department of the. Potomac : – SIR: The General-in-Chief directs me to say that, on information…
Near Hyattstown, Md. Near Hyattstown, Md., August 21, 1861. Colonel LEONARD, Thirteenth Massachusetts Regiment: SIR: In view of instructions, received this day from headquarters of the Army in Washington, it…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, Md., August 21, 1861. SIR: The Secretary of the Navy is in error in supposing that I have the means of effectually blockading the Patuxent.…
Near Buckeystown, Md. Near Buckeystown, Md., August 20, 1861. General GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, Washington, D. C.: ; I have near here 10,860 infantry, 549 artillerymen, 333 cavalry, and fourteen pieces…
HEADQUARTERS CORPS OF OBSERVATION, Poolesville, August 20, 1861. – Maj. S. WinLiAus, Headquarters Division of the Potomac : MAJOR: The condition of this command remains good, and to all appearances…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, Md., August 20, 1861. His Excellency THomas H. Hicks, Governor of Maryland: . SIR: I should be glad to know your opinion in regard to…
HEADQUARTERS CORPS OF OBSERVATION, Poolesville, August 19, 1861—1 p. m.. Commanding Division Potomac, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: Your letter No. 1, of yesterday’s date, is just received. Ihave made and…
POOLESVILLE, MD. POOLESVILLE, MD., August 17, 1861. Maj. S. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant-General : MAJOR: I have the honor to report that this command arrived here the day before yesterday. The…
. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, August 17, 1861. : Baltimore, Md., August 17, 1861. Col. G. W. CULLUM, Aide-de-Camp, Headquarters of the Army: COLONEL: I inclose a map of the…
Washington Washington, August 16, 1861. Brig. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, U. S. A., Commanding Department of the Ohio, Clarksburg, Va. : The reason of my communication was that I have…
Washington Washington, August 16, 1861. General BANKS, Commanding, Sandy Hook: From information received this evening it is deemed important that the change of position ordered by General-in-Chief should be made…
HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF THE POTOMAO, Washington, D. C., August 14, 1861. Brig. Gen. ANDREW PORTER, Provost-Marshal, &c., Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: The brigade commander of the Seventy-ninth Regiment New York…
HEADQUARTERS CORPS OF OBSERVATION, Rockville, August 13, 1861. Maj. S. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant-General, Headquarters Division of Potomac : MAJOR: I have the honor to report that I arrived here yesterday,…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, August 19, 1861. August 19, 1861. Major-General BANKs, U. S. A., – Commanding, dec., Sandy Hook, Md. : You are authorized to withdraw your batteries and…
GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. CORPS OF OBSERVATION, August 12, 1861. No. 1. Rockville, August 12, 1861. By virtue of orders from Headquarters Division of Potomac, dated August 10, 1861, the undersigned…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Fort McHenry, Md., August 7, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, Headquarters of the Army: COLONEL: lreceived the telegraphie dispateh of the General-in-Chief, to send…