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46,149 lettersJacksonville, Fla., March 28, 1862. CAPTAIN : I have the honor to report that nothing of importance has occurred at this place since the date of my last letter. Last…
HEADQUARTERS, Jacksonville, Fla., March 27, 1862. Lieut. Col. Louis BELL, . Saint Augustine : COLONEL: I have to acknowledge the receipt this evening of your two letters of the 26th…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., March 27, 1862. To Hon. SEORETARY OF WAR, Washington, D. C.: SIR: I have just received the President’s War Order, No. 3, which…
Port Royal, S. C., March 26, 1862. Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. O.: i GENERAL: Your letter of the 6th instant* was not received until the 21st instant, and…
Jacksonville, Fla., March 25, 1862. Capt. Louis H. PELOUZE, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General : CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report, for the information of the general commanding, that I left…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Jacksonville, Fla., March 20, 1862. To the People of East Florida: The troops of the United States have come amongst you to protect, loyal citizens and their…
Port Royal, S. C., March 25, 1862. To the ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. O.: SIR: Since my letter of the 9th instant, on learning that General Wright, in…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., March 25, 1862. Hon. SALMON P. CHASE, Secretary of the Treasury : SIR: The Secretary of War directs me to acknowledge the receipt of your…
U. S. Steamer Cahawba, Fernandina, Fla., March 21, 1862. Brig. Gen. HonATIO G. WRIGHT, Comdg. Third Brigade, Exped’y Corps, Fernandina, Fla.: GENERAL: I am directed by the commanding general to…
March 16, 1862. Port Royal, S. 0O., March 16, 1862. The ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington: SIR: I have the honor to report that after Brigadier-General Wright had taken possession…
Port Royal, S. C., March 15, 1862. Major-General MCCLELLAN, Commander-in-Chief, U. S. Army: GENERAL: From information just received from our forces at North Edisto itis probable that gunboats, except such…
Hilton Head, S. C., March 13, 1862. General EGBERT L. VIELE, Commanding Forces, Daufuskie Island, S. C. : GENERAL: The general commanding directs me to inform you that he is…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, EXPED’Y CORPS, Fernandina, Fla., March 13, 1862. Capt. Louw H. PELOUZE, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General : CAPTAIN: I have to report, in regard to the slates found…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, EXPED’Y CORPS, Fernandina, Fla., March 10, 1862. Capt. Louis H. PELOUZE, Acting Assistant Adjutant-G eneral : CAPTAIN: The inhabitants left behind in the evacuation of this place…
Washington, March 10, 1862. Brig. Gen. THOMAS W. SHERMAN, U. S. A., Commanding, &c., Port Royal, S. C.: GENERAL: I am instructed to inform you that, in consequence of information…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, EXPED’Y CORPS, Fernandina, Fla., March 9, 1862. Col. THOMAS J. WHIPPLE, Commanding Fourth New Hampshire Regiment : COLONEL: Flag-Officer DuPont proceeds to-day to the Saint John’s River,…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., March 9, 1862. To the ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. C. : SrR: From the reports of Brigadier-General Wright, copies of which…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, EXPED’Y CORPS, Fernandina, Fla., March 8, 1862. General THOMAS W. SHERMAN, Hilton Head: GENERAL: By the steamer McClellan, which left for Hilton Head this morning, I informed…
Port Royal, S. C., March 8, 1862. Maj. Gen. GEORGE B. MoCLELLAN, Commanding U. S. Army: GENERAL: Yours of February 14 was received on the 3dinstant. Pulaski is thoroughly cut…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., March 8, 1862. To the ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. O.: SIr: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your…