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46,149 lettersRichmond, October 22, 1861. SIR: The President has, as you will perceive from the inclosed papers, accepted your tender of service, has appointed you brigadier-general, and assigned you to the…
Richmond, Va., September 21, 1861. SrR: The project of auxiliary coast defense herewith, as submitted by Ool. A. J. Gonzales, though not thought to be everywhere applicable, is believed to…
WAR DEPARTMENT, ©. S. A., Richmond, September 10, 1861. His Excellency FRANCIS W. PICKENS, Governor of South Carolina: SIR: It affords me very great pleasure to acknowledge your very interesting…
Richmond, September 6, 1861. Brigadier-General RIPLEY, Commanding Charleston, 8. O. : SIR: A copy of your letter of September 1 to Adjutant-General Oooper has been submitted to this Department. In…
Savannah, September 4, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War: SIR: In addition to what I said in my letter of yesterday in reference to the urgent necessity for…
Columbia, September 4, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKEB, Secretary of War, Richmond, Va.: SIR: In reply to your communication of the 9th of August last to the governor of South…
Savannah, September 3, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War, Richmond, Va.: SIR: I beg to call your attention to the pressing necessity for additional troops on this coast…
Charleston, September 1, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to request that authority may be given me to provide the force necessary for the defense of the batteries now being…
September 1, 1861. September 1, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War: SIR: Colonel Gregg has two companies here, and desires that they may be received for the war…
North Edisto, S. C., April 9, 1862. Lieut. A. B. ELY, A. A. A. G., Hdqrs. Northern Dist., Dept. of the South: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt…
Hilton Head, Port Royal, S. C., April 8, 1862. Flag-Officer SAMUEL F. DuPont, Commanding South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, On Board U. S. S. Wabash : COMMODORE: I contemplate opening the…
HDQRS. NORTHERN DISTRICT, DEPT. OF THE SOUTH, Hilton Head, S. C., April 8, 1862. Col. ENocH Q. FELLOWS, Commanding U. S. Forces, Edisto Island, S. C.: CoLONEL: The general commanding…
s Hilton Head, S. C., April 5, 1862. Flag-Officer S. F. DuPont, Commanding South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, Port Royal Harbor, S. C.: CoMMODORE: I trust your dispatches for Warsaw have…
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Savannah River, April 4, 1862. General H. W. BENHAM, Commanding First Division, Department of the South: GENERAL: In my communication of yesterday I referred to the…
GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, April 3, 1862. No. 3. Port Royal, S. C., April 3, 1862. The following-named officers are hereby announced as additional members of the…
Hilton Head, Port Royal, S. C., April 3, 1862. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War : SIR: I have the honor to report my arrival here on the 30th…
Savannah River, April 3, 1802. General H. W. BENHAM, Commanding First Division Department of the South: DEAR GENERAL: Your dispatch is just received, and as I have also just received…
April 1, 1862. Hilton Head, S. 0., April 1, 1862. Brig. Gen. Q. A. GILLMORE, Commanding U. S. Forces, Tybee Island, Ga.: My DEAR GENERAL: Upon reflecting upon your proposition…
March 31, 1862. No. 2. Port Royal, S. C., March 31, 1862. In relieving Brig. Gen. T. W. Sherman from duty in this department, pursuant to orders of the War…
Jacksonville, Fla., March 28, 1862. CAPTAIN: From intelligence received this evening from a deserter I learn that the enemy has an attack upon this place iu contemplation so soon as…