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N. G. Evans to T. A. Washington, January 25, 1862
HEADQUARTERS THIRD MILITARY DISTRICT, Adams Run, S. O., January 25, 1862. OAPTAIN ` I have the honor to report that the expedition under Col. P. F. Stevens, Holcombe Legion, has…
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WM. E. Martin to Mounted Regiment, January 4, 1862
Heywood, January 4, 1862. Siz: I have the honor to. report that on the 1st instant I received »rders from Brigadier-General Pemberton to send a detachment of forty cavalry to…
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W. E. Martin to Omar. XV.) NAVAL DESCENT ON CEDAR KEYS. 15, January 4, 1861
January 4, 1861. GENERAL: I avail myself of your suggestion to-day relative to the action of the 1st merely to report that a detachment of my regiment, under Maj. G.…
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D. Barnes to Ready, January 4, 1862
HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH REGIMENT S. C. VOLS., January 4, 1862. January 4, 1862. SIR : I submit the following report of the part performed in the recent affair at Port Royal…
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j JAMES JONES to D. S. DoNELSON, January 4, 1862
Tomotley, S. O., January 4, 1862. GENERAL: In obedience to instructions I have the honor to report the following occurrences of the 1st instant: My camp was pitched on the…
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: D. S. Donelson, January 5, 1862
January 5, 1862. Pocotaligo, S. 0., January 5, 1862. GENERAL: I refer you to the inclosed report of Col. James J ones, of the Fourteenth Regiment South Carolina Volunteers, which…
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Lorenzo Thomas to HEADQUARTERS FOURTH MILITARY Dist. S. O, November 14, 1861
November 14, 1861. No. 99. ! Washington, November 14, 1861. The Major-General Commanding announces to the Army with sincere pleasure, 1st, the brilliant reduction of the forts in Port Royal…
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Unknown, January 3, 1862
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE E. O., January 3, 1862. Beaufort, S. 0., January 3, 1862. DEAR SIR: I desire to express my great confidence in your code of signals from my…
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Albert J. Myer to S. Williams, January 14, 1862
Washington, D. O., January 14, 1862. SrR: [have the honor to submit to the general commanding tho Army the inclosed letter of special mention from General Stevens, the official report…
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Henry S. Tafft to Albert J. Myer, January 4, 1862
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE E. U., January 4, 1862. Beaufort, S. 0., January 4, 1862. MAJOR: I have the honor to report that I was present and took part in the…
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Henry S. Tafft, January 3, 1862
January 3, 1862. Beaufort, S. 0., January 3, 1862. GENERAL : I have the honor to report that, agreeably to your instructions, I accompanied the expedition under your command to…
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David Morrison to Isaac I. Stevens, January 3, 1862
HDQRS. SEVENTY-NINTH REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS), Beaufort, S. C., January 3, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit to you my report of the part ‘ taken by the Seventy-ninth (Highlanders)…
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J. H. Perry to Oolonel Forty-eighth Regiment New York Volunteers, January 3, 1862
January 3, 1862. Hilton Head, S. 0., January 3, 1862. CAPTAIN: I beg leave respectfully to submit for the information of ihe general commanding the following report of the participation…
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Isaac I. Stevens to L. H. Pelouze, January 3, 1862
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE EXPED’Y CORPS, January 3, 1862. Beaufort, 8. 0., January 3, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to report, for the information of the commanding general, the complete…
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Unknown to John Milton Brannan, January 7, 1862
GENERAL “X HEADQUARTERS E. C., January 7, 1862. No. 1. Hilton Head, 8. C., January 7, 1862. The general commanding desires to express his gratification at the good conduct exhibited…
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T. W. Sherman to Lorenzo Thomas, January 4, 1862
Port Royal, S. C., January 4, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to forward herewith the report of BrigadierGeneral Stevens of the affair at Port Royal Ferry on the 1st…
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Thomas W. Sherman to David Hunter, December 30, 1861
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, December 30, 1861. Port Royal, S. 0., December 30, 1861. GENERAL: Agreeably to the conversation already had with you, it is designed to cross a force over…
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T. W. Sherman to Lorenzo Thomas, January 2, 1862
Port Royal, S. C., January 2, 1862. Sw: As the Vanderbilt leaves to-morrow morning, I deem it proper to inclose to you a letter of instructions to General Stevens, commanding…
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^ e 1» LEB to J. P. Benjamin, December 20, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, CO0SAWHATCHIE, S. O., December 20, 1861. December 20, 1861. Sır: It has been reported to me by General Ripley that the enemy brought his stone fleet to the entrance…
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Isaac I. Stevens to L. H. Pelouze, December 18, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF PORT ROYAL, December 18, 1861. Beaufort, S. 0., December 18, 1861. Siz: In pursuance of my directions Lieutenant Porter, Eighth Michigan Regiment, took a party last evening…