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17,141 lettersHDQRS. SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT MISS. VOLS., Camp near Leesburg, October 25, 1861. Str: In obedience to your order I beg leave to submit the following report of the action of this…
REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS, Fort Evans, near Leesburg, October 28, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that in obedience to your – ‘orders I left my encampment near Balls Mill,…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD MILITARY DISTRICT, S. C., Adams Run, S. C., March 7, 1862. SIR: As I see by the newspapers that a resolution has passed the Confederate Congress calling for…
HEADQUARTERS SEVENTH BRIGADE, Leesburg, Va., October 31, 1861. COLONEL: I beg leave to submit the following report of the action of the troops of the Seventh Brigade in the battle…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, December 11, 1861. ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, Washington, December 11, 1861. . SIR : In compliance with your instructions I have the honor to report, in reference to…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, December 12, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a resolution of the House of Representatives calling for certain information with regard to…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, September 7, 1862. September 7, 1862. SIR: I have been applied to by General Stone for permission to serve with the Army during the impending…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, February 8, 1862. SIR: This will.be handed to you by the officer sent in-charge of You will please confine General Stone in Fort Lafayette, allowing…
HEADQUARTERS, Edwards Ferry, October 22, 1861. SIR: I received the order of the commanding general to send General Hamilton’s brigade to Poolesville at 4 o’elock yesterday evening, and at 5.30…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, NEAR EDWARDS FERRY, October 26, 1861. : ; October 26, 1861. I have the honor to communicate to the general commanding the division the facts and events connected…
HEADQUARTERS CORPS OF OBSERVATION, November 2, 1861. / Poolesville, November 2, 1861. GENERAL: On the 23d October, at about 10.30 o’clock a. m., I received the special order of which…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, October 28, 1861. Respectfully referred to General Stone, by whom it should be for- ‘warded in due course. It is proper to state that Captain…
HEADQUARTERS TAMMANY REGIMENT, Camp Lyon, near Poolesville, Md., November 4, 1861. Sir: I herewith transmit to you a complete report of an engagement with the rebels at a point on…
HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE, Camp Benton, Md., November 4, 1861. SIR : General Orders, No. 24, this day received and promulgated to this” A e Ra TOM as ot E ali…
HEADQUARTERS, POOLESVILLE, MD., November 5, 1861. November 5, 1861. General Stone presents his compliments to General Evans, and acknowledges the receipt of his communication of the 4th instant, . through…
HEADQUARTERS CONFEDERATE FORCES, Leesburg, November 4, 1861. The compliments of General Evans to General Stone, and informs. — ‘him that there are but a few of his wounded now at…
HEADQUARTERS CORPS OF OBSERVATION, Poolesville, November 7, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to forward herewith papers marked T 2, 9, 4, D, 6, concerning-a flag of truce sent for…
Edwards Ferry Edwards Ferry, October 21, 1861. Col. E. D. BAKER, Commanding Brigade : COLONEL: In case of heavy firing in front of Harrison’s Island, you will advance the California…
HEADQUARTERS CORPS OF OBSERVATION, Poolesville, November 2, 1861. GENERAL: The persistent attacks made upon me by the friends (so . called), of the lamented late Colonel Baker, through the newspaper…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS CORPS OF OBSERVATION, October 20, 1861. No. —. ‘ Poolesville, October 20, 1861—10.30 p. m. Colonel Devens will land opposite Harrison’s Island with five companies of his…