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17,141 lettersBRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, 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…
CAIRO, ILL. CAIRO, ILL., September 6, 1861. Col. M. L. SMITH, Comdg. Eighth Regiment Missouri Vols.: Without leaving the steamer you are now on, you will proceed at once to…
KNOXVILLE KNOXVILLE, September 16, 1861. General A. S. JOHNSTON, Memphis, Tenn. : SIR: On the 10th instant I apprised Adjutant-General Cooper that I expected on the 12th to have three…
Richmond Richmond, September 14, 1861. General S. B. BucKNER, Nashville, Tenn. : Your several telegraphs received. A dispatch from the President to Governor Harris yesterday will inform you of his…
COLUMBUS COLUMBUS, September 13, 1861. General POLK: The undersigned, at the request of many friends interested in the protection of Southern rights in the State of Kentucky, visit you at…
Richmond Richmond, September 14, 1861. General ZOLLICOFFER, Knoxville, Tenn. : . Your letter of 10th received.* “The military eonsiderations elearly indicate the forward movement which you propose. The politieal condition…
NASHVILLE NASHVILLE, September 13, 1861. General S. COOPER, Adjutant-General C. S. A.: After consultation with the Tennessee commissioners to Frankfort, and with prominent citizens of Kentucky, I unhesitatingly advise that…
Richmond Richmond, September 5, 1861. Governor HARRIS, Nashville, Tenn. : General Polk has been ordered to direct the prompt withdrawal of the forces under General Pillow from Kentucky. The movement…
Richmond Richmond, September 5, 1861. General POLK: Will you give a reason for General Pillow’s movement? L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War. CITY OF COLUMBUS, September 5, 1861. Major-General POLK,…
Richmond Richmond, September 4, 1861. General POLK : The necessity justifies the action.
COLUMBUS, KY. COLUMBUS, KY., September 3, 1861. General POLK: 3 Between 1,500 and 2,000; loaded wagons; horses and artillery, light caliber; no fortifications yet; one of the steamers gone up…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, CAMP DEFIANCE, 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…
HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT, 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.…
Chihuahua Chihuahua, January 11, 1862. General-in-Ohief of the Army of the C. S. A., Fort Bliss. [Inclosure No. 5.—Translation.] I have the honor of replying to your letter of the…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NEW MEXICO, A. G. O., January 27, 1862. = Fort Thorn, Ariz., January 27, 1862. General S. COOPER, jd Adjutant and Inspector General C. 8. A.: GENERAL:…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, January 18, 1862. : Houston, January 18, 1862. Maj. S. MACLIN, . Acting Chief Commissary of Subsistence, San Antonio, Tex. : SIR: Col. P. N. Luckett,…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NEW MEXICO, A. G. O., Fort Bliss, Tex., January 3, 1862. General S. CooPEn, Adjutant and Inspector General C. S. A.: GENERAL: I have the honor to…
San Antonio, Tex. San Antonio, Tex., December 31, 1861. Col. H. E. MCOULLOCH, i Commanding Western Military District of Texas : E SIR: I have the honor herewith to transmit…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, December 17, 1861. No. 283. f Galveston, Tex., December 17, 1861. For special and immediate service on the Rio Grande, troops will be .…
Houston, Tex. Houston, Tex., December 16, 1861. General P. O. HÉBERT, Commanding Department of Texas, Galveston, Tex. : DEAR SIR: I have the honor to report that, on receipt of…