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S. Williams to Virginia, December 5, 1861
December 5, 1861. No. 170. Washington, December 5, 1861. e * * * 7. The Major-General Commanding has read attentively and with much satisfaction the report of Capt. William H.…
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George A. McCall to S. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant-General, November 27, 1861
November 27, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to transmit herewith the report of Col. G. D. Bayard, First Regiment Cavalry, Pennsylvania Reserves, of a very successful expedition made during…
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' CHAS. A. BELL, i to William W. Ayerell, November 26, 1861
November 26, 1861. ` Camp Marcy, November 26, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to submit to you the following report in full detail of the tour made by Companies…
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Unknown to George B. McClellan, November 20, 1861
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY BRIGADE, Camp Qui Vive, November 20, 1861. Respectfully forwarded for the information of the commanding general Army of the Potomac. “This gallant and successful affair of Lieutenant-Colonel Lee…
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E. B. Fowler to SULLIVAN, Commanding Brigade, November 17, 1861
Camp Qui Vive, November 17, 1861. Respectfully forwarded. M RUE : I highly commend Major Martin, his officers and men, for this highly creditable affair. Major Ball, of my staff,…
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: J. E. Johnston to COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General, November 28, 1861
: HEADQUARTERS, Centreville, November 28, 1861. Sir: I have the pleasure to transmit herewith the reports of three successful skirmishes by parties of our cavalry,* and respectfully invite the attention…
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Unknown, November 16, 1861
Arlington, November 16, 1861. This report relates to an affair not creditable to the officer commanding the escort. He is not here to justify himself, but from the within he…
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Re Henry H. Lockwood to TEMPERANCEVILLE, VA., November 16, 1861, November 16, 1861
Newtown, Md., November 16, 1861. GENERAL: I this morning sent Captain Knight with a flag of truce to the headquarters of the rebel force below. I inclose his letter from…
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- John A. Dix to GEORGE B. MOULELLAN, Commanding the Army, November 18, 1861
November 18, 1861. ; Baltimore, November 18, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to inclose copies of a dispatch from Brig. Gen. H. H. Lockwood, in command of the expedition…
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Unknown to Edwin M. Stanton, November 15, 1861
Baltimore, November 15, 1861. DEAR GENERAL: I inclose a copy of a proclamation I sent down to General Lockwood.* It was sent into Virginia to-day. I have given him instructions…
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John A. Dix to Non Rari Etenim, November 25, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, Md., November 25, 1861. GENERAL: I have received your three dispatches of the 22d instant, dated at Drummondtown, and am much gratified with the judicious and efficient manner…
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John A. Dix, November 21, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, November 21, 1861. GENERAL: Ascertain, if possible, the parties who committed the – depredations referred to in your letter and order, and send them back, -as directed, in…
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l JOHN A. DIX, November 21, 1861
Baltimore, November 21, 1861. âGENERAL: Lieutenant Coffin, commanding the Hercules, will leave to-morrow for Pungoteague Inlet. I sent letters to you to-day by mail, via Salisbury, with my last instructions.…
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John A. Dix, November 20, 1861
: HEADQUARTERS, November 20, 1861. -Baltimore, November 20, 1861. GENERAL: Lieutenant Coffin, of the Hercules, arrived with his vessel to-day, just missing the sloop with coal. He has some repairs…
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Unknown, November 18, 1861
Baltimore, November 18, 1861. GENERAL : Lieutenant Dix arrived this morning with your dispatch, communicating the gratifying intelligence that the rebel organizations in your neighborhood had dissolved. You are right…
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John A. Dix to Joseph Hooker, November 14, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, November 14, 1861. GENERAL: I send you 500 of the Seventeenth Massachusetts Volunteers, under Colonel Amory, which will make your command a very formidable one. I will send…
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Joseph Hooker to S. Williams, 7, November 14, 1861
HEADQUARTERS HOOKERâS DIVISION, Camp Baker, Lower Potomac, Md., November 14, 1861. GENERAL: The right of my camp was enlivened to-day by a spirited contest for a prize in the shape…
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Unknown, December 9, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DIVISION, Fort Lyon, December 9, 1861. Ihave seen Colonel-Berry, Fourth Maine Regiment. On the return of the troops to the Accotink 7 of the cavalry were absent. Captain of…
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Henry D. Terry to Fifth Michigan Infantry, Commanding Reconnaissance, November 12, 1861
Camp Lyon, near Alexandria, Va., November 12, 1861. GENERAL: In pursuance of your orders, received this morning through Captain Norvell, at Pohick Church, I at once proceeded with the Fifth…
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S. P. Heintzelman to S. Williams, November 13, 1861
Fort Lyon, November 13, 1861. GENERAL: The enemy having made a demonstration against our pickets on the 11th instant, I sent out two small parties of cavalry to reconnoiter. On…