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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, 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.…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, 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…
: – : 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…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, 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…
PRESIDENT’S 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…
CAMP WILDCAT CAMP WILDCAT, October 2, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS: Since General Carter arrived wehave been over considerable country. The general thinks when the work is completed we will…
CAMP WILDCAT CAMP WILDCAT, October 2, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, U. $. A., Commanding Camp Robinson, dc. : My note of yesterday advised you that I had dispatched your…
CAMP WILDCAT CAMP WILDCAT, October 1, 1861. General THOMAS: DEAR SIR: The enemy, in full retreat, are by this time in Barboursville. I am starting my men by squads to…
CAMP WILDCAT CAMP WILDCAT, October 1, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Camp Dick Robinson: A I have information, reliable, that the rebels retreated 9 miles beyond London on Sunday. A…
CINCINNATI CINCINNATI, September 30, 1861. General Mitchel has ordered Seventeenth Ohio and one more regiment on to-night. Four more regiments will follow to-morrow, accompanied by two batteries. I will report…
EVANSVILLE EVANSVILLE, September 30, 1861. General PAINE: A oret . . General Buckner was at Greenville at. 3 o’clock yesterday—destination, Lock and Dam No. 1, on Green River—with 5,200 men.…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. LOUISVILLE, Ky., September 30, 1861. General THOMAS, Lexington : I have ordered two regiments to re-enforce you, and sent telegrams to the President and to the governors of…
CAMP WILDCAT CAMP WILDCAT, September 29, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Camp Dick Robinson: Colonel Wolford came into camp bringing with him the Home Guard under Colonel Brown. The enemy…
CINCINNATI, Ohio CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 28, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General: On the 26th instant, at the request of General Anderson and the Kentucky legislature, my own judgment…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Louisville, Ky., September 28, 1861. General O. M. MITCHEL, este Commanding U. S. Forces, Cincinnati, Ohio : DEAR SIR: I have had as full a…
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Paducah, Ky., September 28, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the West, Saint Louis, Mo. : General Frémont’s letter of September 26 just received. The gunboat…
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Paducah, Ky., September 28, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the West, Saint Louis, Mo. : Intimations from various quarters are that this place is…
HEADQUARTERS, MULDRAUGH’S HILL; KENTUCKY, September 27, 1861. : September 27, 1861. SIR: When I left Louisvillein the ears, in charge of the Home Guard, followed by Rousseau’s brigade, I understood…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Louisville, Ky., September 27, 1861. J. J. ANDERSON, Esq. : SIR: Your letter asking for information with regard to the meaning of General Anderson’s proclamation*…
WAR DEPARTMENT WAR DEPARTMENT, August 29, 1861. Lieut. W. NELSON, U. S. N., Camp Dick Robinson, near Bryantsville, Ky. : SIR: Understanding that you may need 600 mules of the…