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17,141 lettersGENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, February 6, 1864. No. 16. { Richmond, February 6, 1864. I. The Bureau of Conscription affords adequate means for bringing into service persons…
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPT., ORDNANCE BUREAU, Richmond, February 6, 1864. Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War: I have the honor to say, in reply to the communication…
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., February 5, 1864. His Excellency M. L. BONHAM, Governor of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C.: Sir: I have received Your Excellency’s letters…
GENERAL ORDERS, } ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, February 5, 1864. No. 15. { Richmond, February 5, 1864. I. General Orders, No. 137, series of 1863, is hereby revoked. I.…
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., February 4, 1864. General E. K. SMITH: GENERAL: This will be handed you by Judge L. W. Hastings, late of California, who…
UNOFFICIAL. ATLANTA UNOFFICIAL. ATLANTA, February 4, 1864. Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War, Richmond, Va.: My Dear Sir: I have recently taken the liberty of attending several public meetings,…
QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL’S OFFICE, Atlanta, January 80, 1864. Honorable SECRETARY OF WAR, Richmond, Va.: Sir: Pardon the liberty taken in inclosing you a letter addressed by me to Brig. Gen. W. M.…
Richmond, Va. Richmond, Va., January 29, 1864. Lieut. Gen. L. POLK, Commanding, &c., Meridian, Miss.: GENERAL: I beg leave to represent to you the necessity of perfecting, before the organization…
CIRCULAR CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, BUREAU OF CONSCRIPTION, January 29, 1864. No. 5. Richmond, Va., January 29, 1864. I. Commandants will forthwith proceed to change the locality of each Congressional…
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, January 29, 1864. No. 9. Richmond, January 29, 1864. I. The following schedules of prices for articles named therein, adopted by commissioners appointed…
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPT., January 28, 1864. ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE, Richmond, January 28, 1864. The Honorable SECRETARY OF WaR: Sir: In response to the resolution of…
PRIVATE. HEADQUARTERS GEORGIA STATE GUARD, Atlanta, January 26, 1864. Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War, Richmond, Va.: My Deak Sir: I have just received your dispatch refusing my application…
OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF SUBSISTENCE, Richmond, Va., February 8, 1864. Respectfully returned to Honorable Secretary of War. Maj. P. W. White, chief commissary of subsistence, Florida, has been called on to…
Raleigh Raleigh, January 25, 1864. Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War, Richmond, Va.: DEAR Sir: To obviate any further difficulty in regard to carrying out cotton by the Collie…
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., January 25, 1864. General HOWELL COBB, Atlanta, Ga.: Congress has not yet acted. Itisnot thought expedient to organize new companies, but to…
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., January 21, 1864. His Excellency M. L. BONHAM, Governor of South Carolina, Columbia, 8. C.: Sir: I have received your letter of…
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF ALABAMA, Montgomery, January 19, 1864. Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War: Sir: I have seen Maj. J. J. Walker, acting commissary of subsistence for the State,…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., January 14, 1864. Governor Z. B. VANCE, Raleigh, N. C.: Your EXCELLENCY: I am duly in receipt of your letter of 7th instant. Before it came…
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., January 11, 1864. Governor VANCE, Raleigh, N. C.: Your request anticipated. The Don went to sea on or before the 9th. J.…
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF COMMISSARY, Quincy, Fla., December 9, 1868. His Excellency JOHN MILTON, Governor of Florida: GOVERNOR: Having just received this morning a copy of the act of the…