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46,149 lettersAugust 23, 1861. August 23, 1861. COLONEL: I have the honor to report that this afternoon at about 4.30 o’clock the enemy’s steamer Yankee and a tug were seen standing…
Medical Director’s Office, January 4, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the sanitary condition of the Army of the Potomac, deduced from the reports…
Medical Director’s Office, January 28, 1862. GENERAL: lu obedience to instructions in your letter of January 21 I have the honor to submit the following report: Having the reports of…
Medical Director’s Office, October 29, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that, in obedience to the orders “of Major-General McClellan, I proceeded to Annapolis, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New…
Medical Director’s Office, Washington, September 9, 1861. MAJOR: In reference to the letter of Mr. George Gibbs, referred tome by direction of Major-General McClellan, I have to state that the…
e Medical Director’s Office, February 22, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the state- : ment of four-wheeled ambulances in the Army of the Potomac,…
January 7, 1862. the State of Pennsylvania for McCall’s brigade, I have the honor to report.that the quartermaster in charge of these carriages informs me he has receipted to Lieutenant-Colonel…
HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE, November 25, 1861. : Camp Calvert, November 25, 1861. My DEAR SIR: A day or two after I wrote you I received orders to break up…
October 3, 1861. No. 20. : Washington, October 3, 1861. The following regulations respecting the duties of brigade surgeons are published for the government of all concerned : I. The…
Medical Director’s Office, Washington, September 20, 1861. Sir: Your duplicate report, which was very properly made, has been received. The brigade commander will no doubt issue the proper orders to…
San Francisco San Francisco, September 7, 1861. COLONEL: Since my letter to you of the 30th ultimo the Union party has triumphed in the election, which makes things much safer…
Washington, D. C., October 21, 1862. GENERAL: The Chief Signal Officer, then serving at headquarters Department of Virginia, was, by Special Orders, No. 26, directed to rp TUE LE e…
Washington, D. C., March 31, 1862. The order in respect to Blenker is not designed to hinder or delay the movement of Richardson or any other force. He can remain…
Washington, December 16, 1862. f GENERAL: It having been stated in various publie prints, and in a speech of Senator Chandler, of Michigan, in his place in the United States…
April 1, 1862. Steamer Coi i nd Tp ommodore, April 1, 1862. the honorable Secretary of War: The approximate numbers and Potomac are as follows: General Dix has, after him…
On Board the Commodore, April 1, 1862. GENERAL: The change in affairs in the valley of the Shenandoah has rendered necessary à corresponding departure, temporarily at least, from the plan…
d Theological Seminary, Va., March 19, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following notes on the proposed operations of the active portion of the Army of the…
March 16, 1862. Sin: You will post your command in the vicinity of Manassas, intrench yourself strongly, and throw cavalry pickets well out to the front. . Your first care…
[ CIRCULAR.] HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Washington, December 16, 1861. The Major-Genéral Commanding directs that hereafter all deserters, prisoners, spies, “”contrabands,” and all other persons whatever coming or brought…
PRESIDENT’S GENERAL WAR ORDER, EXECUTIVE MANSION, TE IN O EO. Washington, March 8, 1862. Ordered, That no change of the base of operations of the Army of the Potomac shall…