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46,149 lettersCamp Buckner, September 30, 1861. SIR: On the morning of the 26th instant Oolonel Rainsâ regiment, Colonel Statham, with a battalion of his regiment, and LieutenantColonel McNairyâs cavalry battalion, marched…
[Extracts.] Mr. Wood to Mr. Seward No. 100.] Legation of the United States, Copenhagen, January 27, 1863. Sir: In my last despatch I called your attention to the Hamburg exhibition,…
[Extracts.] Mr. Wood to Mr. Seward No. 98.] Legation of the United States, Copenhagen, January 20, 1863. Sir: The President’s proclamation and news of the battle at Murfreesborough reached us…
Camp Buckner, Ky., September 30, 1861. SIR: The detachments whose movements I réported to you on the 26th instant are returning into camp. The commands of Colonels Rains and Statham…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Wood No. 51.] Department of State, Washington, January 17, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of December 9 (No. 90) was duly received. Several communications which were addressed…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Camp Buckner, Ky., October 2, 1861. SIR: I had posted Captain Bledsoe’s cavalry company near Jamestown, Tenn., and four other cavalry companies at intermediate points from there to…
Mr. Wood to Mr. Seward No. 95.] Legation of the United States, Copenhagen, January 5, 1863. Sir: On the 1st instant I went to Fredensborg, some twenty miles or more…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Wood No. 45.] Department of State, Washington, November 18, 1862. Sir: Mr. Leas, late consul at Stockholm, writes on the 29th of October from Hamburg, that…
Cairo, September 22, 1861. ” GENERAL: Yesterday I directed a reconnaissance in force to discover the position of the enemy. The main part of the troops from Norfolk and Fort…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Wood No. 44.] Department of State, Washington, November 17, 1862. Sir: Recurring to the suggestion contained in your despatch of October 4, 1861, (No. 19,) which…
Cairo, Ill., September 6, 1861. Brig. Gen. E. A. PAINE, Commanding, &c., Paducah, Ky.: Take possession of the wharf boats at the landing and make use of them for storehouses.…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Morris No. 60.] Department of State, Washington, September 8, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of August 10 (No. 60) has been submitted to the President. The circular…
[Extracts.] Mr. Morris to Mr. Seward No. 51.] Legation of the United States of America, Constantinople, April 30, 1863. * * * * * * * * I have not…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Morris No. 54.] Department of State, Washington, March 16, 1863. Sir: Your despatches Nos. 49 and 50, of the 19th ultimo, have been received. The latter…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT SOUTHEAS £ MISSOURI, Cairo, Ill., September 6, 1861. I left Cairo at 10.30 o’elock last night, taking two gunboats and three steamboats, with the Ninth Illinois, under Gen.…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Morris No. 52.] Department of State, Washington, February 13, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of January 8 (No. 45) has been received. The execution of the murderers…
Cairo, IUl., August 23, 1861. SIR: In the affair of the little steamer W. D. Terry, taken by Captain Stembel, of gunboat Lexington, yesterday morning, at Paducah, Ky., I had…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Morris No. 51.] Department of State, Washington, February 2, 1863. Sir: I have the pleasure to enclose herewith a transcript of a letter of the 20th…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Morris No. 50.] Department of State, Washington, January 26, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of the 24th ultimo (No. 43) has been received, and I have communicated…
August 25, 1861. > Saint Lowis, August 25, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith sot MUR E to my sites headquarters from Col. R. J. Oglesby, Righth…