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46,149 lettersChattanooga, Tenn., November 17, 1861. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War, Richmond: . SIR: In obedience to orders two regiments moved to this point. Af. fairs are not so…
Mr. Thayer to Mr. Seward No. 30.] United States Consulate General, Alexandria, February 17, 1863. Sir: Shortly after the accession of the present Viceroy disturbances occurred between the native and…
Mr. Thayer to Mr. Seward No. 28.] United States Consulate General, Alexandria, January 27, 1863. Sir: I am informed that some time since the French minister of foreign affairs at…
Chattanooga, November 15, 1861. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War: The ordnance officer at Nashville telegraphed me that none of my guns have been turned in, though the work…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Thayer No. 17½.] Department of State, Washington, December 15, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of November 12 (No. 24) has been received. The information of the progress…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Thayer No. 17.] Department of State, Washington, December 2, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of November 5 (No. 23) has been received. The information which you give…
November 10, 1861. ; Piketon, Ky., November 10, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to report, for the information of the commanding general of the department, that on the 7th…
Mr. Thayer to Mr. Seward No. 25.] United States Consulate General, Alexandria, November 28, 1862. Sir: The celebration of the entrance of the waters of the Mediterranean, through the provisional…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Thayer No. 16.] Department of State, Washington, November 24, 1862. Sir: Your private letter of the 27th of October has been received, and its suggestions are…
Paducah, Ky., October 31, 1861. SIR: Learning that a body of rebel cavalry were stationed at Saratoga, a small village about 4 miles from Eddyville, on the Cumberland River, and…
Mr. Thayer to Mr. Seward No 24.] United States Consulate General, Alexandria, November 12, 1862. Sir: I am informed by an intelligent proprietor, who claims to have made a careful…
Mr. Thayer to Mr. Seward No. 23.] United States Consulate General, Alexandria, November 5, 1862. Sir: A very marked stimulus has been imparted to the production of cotton in Egypt…
Camp Ten Mile, Ky., October 16, 1861. Colonel MURRAY, Camp Myers : SIR: I am 10 miles on the march toward a camp of the enemy on Rockcastle River, having…
Mr. Wood to Mr. Seward No. 126.] Legation of the United States, Copenhagen, October 20, 1863. Sir: Your despatch No. 68, in relation to General Franklin’s expedition and the army…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Wood No. 68.] Department of State, Washington, September 22, 1863. Sir: The opening of the campaign is attended with some embarrassments which, in the excitement of…
Camp Ten Mile, October 16, 1861. General W. R. CASWELL, or Col. W. B. Woon, Knoxville, Tenn. : Being much embarrassed for want of transportation in some of the regiments…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Wood No. 60.] Department of State, Washington, June 13, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of the 26th of May (No. 112) has been received. It is gratifying…
October 26, 1861. : Camp Buckner, October 26, 1861. SIR: I have information that the enemy were nine regiments at Rockcastle Hills. “They are thought to have large re-enforcements close…
Mr. Wood to Mr. Seward No. 107.] Legation of the United States, Copenhagen, April 14, 1863. Sir: Since my last despatch I have had the pleasure of reading to and…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Wood No. 54.] Department of State, Washington, February 18, 1863. Sir: Your despatches from No. 97, of the 13th ultimo, to No. 100, of the 27th…