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46,149 lettersAugust 12, 1861. ‘ 3 Washington, August 12, 1861. SIR: Ihave to-day received additional information which convinces me that it is more than probable that the enemy will, within a…
Washington, February 3, 1862. SIR: I ask your indulgence for the following paper, rendered necessary by circumstances. I assumed command of the troops in the vicinity of Washington on Saturday,…
PRESIDENT’S SPECIAL WAR ORDER, EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 31, 1862. No. 1. Washington, January 31, 1862. Ordered, That all the disposable force of the Army of the Potomac, after providing safely…
PRESIDENT’S GENERAL WAR ORDER, EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 27, 1862. No. 1. Washington, January 27, 1862. Ordered, That the 224 day of February, 1862, be the day for a general movement…
Washington, February 23, 1862. GENERAL: Youare assigned to the command of the land forces destined to co-operate with the Navy in the attacks upon New Orleans. You willuse every means…
Washington, February 14, 1862. GENERAL: Your dispatches in regard to the occupation of Dawfuskie Island, &c., were received to-day. I saw also to-day, for the first time, your requisition for…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF KANAWHA, Camp Piney, November 19, 1861. SIR: In execution of a general plan, of which you were fully advised in my last dispatch, I succeeded [ November…
: – : HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ES s Washington, D. C., November 11, 1861. GENERAL: In Belen you to the command of the Department of the Missouri, it is…
Washington, January 7, 1869. GENERAL: In accordance with verbal instructions heretofore given you, you will, after uniting with Flag-Officer Goldsborough, at Fort Monroe, proceed under his convoy to Hatteras Inlet,…
PRESIDENTâS GENERAL WAR ORDER EXECUTIVE MANSION, March 8, 1862. No. 2. Washington, March 8, 1862. Ordered, 1. That the major-general commanding the Army of the Potomac proceed forthwith to organize…
GENERAL ORDERS, BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, August 14, 1861. No. 2: Knoxville, Tenn., August 14, 1861. I am authorized to receive into the service of the Provisional Army of the Confederate States…
Jackson, August 13, 1861. SIR: In answer to your dispatch of 12th instant, the State has three artillery companies, armed and equipped, which can be placed in service at short…
August 8, 1861. a: Richmond, August 8, 1861… Maj. Gen. LEONIDAS POLK, Hdqrs. Dept No. 2, Memphis: SIR: Your letter of July 28,* by the hands of Colonel Little, has…
Knoxville, August 6, 1861. Adjt. Gen. S. COOPER, Richmond, Va. : Sir: Thomas A. R. Nelson, with.an escort of three men, supposed to be on his way to take his…
WAR DEPARTMENT, €. S. A., Richmond, July 31, 1861. General WILLIAM T. WITHERS, Camp Boone, near Clarksville, Tenn. : SIR: In reply to yours of the 24th instant, relative to…
Camp Boone, July 28, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War: Sig: Yours of the 19th instant, in which you express a willingness to accept the additional Kentucky companies…
Richmond, July 26, 1861. G. GANTT, Esq., Richmond, Va.: Sır: Your letter of July 23, written on behalf of the governor of Tennessee, has been received. With regard to the…
Camp Boone, July 25, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War : i Sir: If you should determine to call for more troops, I trust that you will bear…
Camp Boone, July 24, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War: . SIR: Inclosed please find a letter from Brigadier-General Cheatham, – ofthe Army of Tennessee, relative to small-arms…
Louisville, Ky., November 19, 1861. SIR: General Buell directs me to say that the orders he has given you in reference to the movement of your command contemplates the whole…