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Larkin Smith, January 20, 1864
QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL’S OFFICE, TAX IN KIND, January 20, 1864. January 20, 1864. If the county authorities of the counties of Florida will apply to Maj. C. C. Yonge, controlling quartermaster of…
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John Milton to James A. Seddon, January 11, 1864
Tallahassee Tallahassee, January 11, 1864. Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War, Richmond, Va.: Sir: Iam informed by the judges of probate and ecunty commissioners of several counties in the…
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Acts to J. A. Seddon, January 7, 1864
Raleigh, N. C. Raleigh, N. C., January 7, 1864. DEAR SiR: Your dispatch of the 6th, asking me not to object to making the steamer Don conform to the regulations…
Order
Jno. Withers to Gideon J. Pillow, January 7, 1864
SPECIAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, January 7, 1864. No. 5. J January 7, 1864. X. V. Paragraph XVIII, Special Orders, No. 298, and paragraph XVIII, Special Orders, No.…
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Unknown, June 13, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ANNAPOLIS, Fort McHenry, June 13, 1861. To the MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE: Sir: I have the honor to transmit to you a copy of an…
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Robert Patterson to Approved, June 12, 1861
Washington Washington, June 12, 1861. General McCLELLAN, U.S. A., Cincinnati, Ohio: Your telegram of yesterday is received. There has been a misapprehension somewhere. The Secretary of War approves your policy…
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Robert Patterson to E.D. Townsend, June 12, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Chambersburg, Pa., June 12, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Headquarters of Army, Washington City: General Cadwalader arrived, and goes to Greencastle to command First Division, composed…
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F, J. Porter to Lewiis Wallace, June 6, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Chambersburg, Pa., June 6, 1861. Col. LEwiIs WALLACE, Eleventh Indiana Regiment, Cumberland, Md. : Srr: I am instructed by Major-General Patterson to direct you to halt…
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Lieutenant-Colonel TOWNSEND to Robert Patterson, June 4, 1861
Washington Washington, June 4, 1861. Gen. R. PATTERSON, Chambersburg, Pa. : General Scott says do not make a move forward until you are joined by a battery of the Fourth…
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Fhk. Patterson to A. A. G, May 23, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, Pa., May 23, 1861. A. A. G., Headquarters of the Army, Washington City: Sie: In compliance with verbal intimation from the General-in-Chief I present for…
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Robert Patterson to Lorenzo Thomas, May 14, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, Pa., May 14, 1861. To the ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. O.: Sir: A few minutes since I received a telegram from…
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Geo. Cadwalader, May 9, 1801
Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa., May 9, 1801. Magsor: I inelose report from Capt. T. H. Neill, U.S. Army, that Colonel Lyle’s muskets are entirely unserviceable. Captain Neill is now inspecting…
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B. E. D. Townsend to R. ParrerRson, U.S. A, May 9, 1861
ad Washington ad Washington, May 9, 1861. Maj. Gen. R. ParrerRson, U.S. A., Commanding, &e., Philadelphia, Pa. : Sir: The letter of General Cadwalader, dated May 4, with inclosure,. on…
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Robert Patterson to A. A. G, May 7, 1861
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 7, 1861. A. A. G., Hdqrs. of the Army, Washington City : COLONEL: Since my letter (No. 2) of yesterday all hope has vanished ‘…
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Robert Patterson to Edward D. Townsend, May 6, 1861
Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa., May 6, 1861. Lieut. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, COLONEL: I received last evening a telegram from the honorable Secretary of War, directing me to send immediately…
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R. Patterson to A. A. G, May 5, 1861
PHILADELPHIA, P. A. PHILADELPHIA, P. A., May 5, 1861. Lieut. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, A. A. G., Headquarters of the Army, Washington City: Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge…
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F. E. K. Patterson to E. O. C. WEAVER, Ordnance Officer, May 2, 1861
HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARTILLERY, May 2, 1861. First Bric., First Div., PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS, Philadelphia, Pa., May 2, 1861. Maj. E. O. C. WEAVER, Ordnance Officer : Sre: I have to report…
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Benjamin F. Butler to J. Druick, U.S. A, April 30, 1861
HEADQUARTERS HEADQUARTERS, April 30, 1861. Col. J. Druick, U.S. A., Commanding Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Va.: COLONEL: Your letter of the 28th instant* was received this morn- – ing,…
Order
E. K. D. Townsend, April 26, 1861
GENERAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, April 26, 1861. No, 4. . Washington, April 26, 1861. I. From the known assemblage near this city of numerous hostile bodies of…
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Lieutenant-General Scott to E. K. D. Townsend, April 22, 1861
Washington Washington, April 22, 1861. _ Capt. Morris S. MILLER, Assistant Quartermaster U. 8S. Army, Washington, D. C.: CAPTAIN: You will proceed rapidly to Annapolis, to afford all facilities in…