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17,141 lettersCONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., February 29, 1864. Z. McDaniel is hereby authorized to enlist a company of men, not to exceed fifty in number, for secret…
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., February 25, 1864. Col. IRA R. FOSTER, Quartermaster-General of Georgia, Atlanta, Ga.: Sir: I have received your letter of the 17th instant…
Columbia Columbia, February 20, 1864. Hon. J. A. SEDDON, Secretary of War: Sir: The Hon. A. P. Aldrich, speaker of the House of Representatives and chief of my staff, comes…
Paris Paris, February 14, 1864. Hon. C. J. MCRAE: My Dear Sir: I cheerfully comply with your request to state what I know of Major Huse in connection with certain…
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, February 3, 1864. No. 13. Richmond, February 3, 1864. I. In the event of the loss of company records and the consequent inability…
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., February 3, 1864. Hon. J. H. REAGAN, Postmaster-General: Sir: In compliance with my letter of the 29th ultimo,* I have the honor…
Brandon, Miss. Brandon, Miss., January 30, 1864. Lieut. Col. A. H. CoLez, Inspector-General, &c., Richmond, Va. : COLONEL: Although so far as I am aware my general letters on the…
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, January 30, 1864. No. 10. § Richmond, January 30, 1864. The authority given in General Orders, No. 85, series of 1863, to impress…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., February 10, 1861. Maj. E. STEEN, U. S. Army, First Regt. Dragoons, Comdy. Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter.: MAJOR: A rumor has…
Richmond Richmond, November 14, 1868. Brig. Gen. A. R. LAWTON, Quartermaster-General : GENERAL: I desire to inform you that in the prompt establishment of hospitals in the rear of armies,…
Richmond Richmond, November 14, 1863. Col. L. B. NORTHROP, Commissary-General, Richmond: COLONEL: I desire to inform you that in the prompt establishment of hospitals in the rear of armies and…
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., January 29, 1864. Hon. Messrs. W. P. CHILTON and DAVID CLOPTON, Members of Congress, House of Representatives : GENTLEMEN: Your letter of…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Steilacoom, Wash. Ter., January 25, 1861. Capt. JAMES A, HARDIE, sd Arty., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter.: CAPTAIN: The copies of communications from Acting Governor…
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…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, January 17, 1861. Col. S. COOPER, Adjutant-General, Washington, D. 0.: COLONEL: I have the honor to report my arrival at this place on…
hichmond hichmond, January 28, 1864. Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War: On the 19th of October last I addressed you a letter, inclosing a copy of a circular from…
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, January 28, 1864. No. 8 Richmond, January 28, 1864. I. Paragraphs 1129, 1130, 1131, 1132, Army Regulations, are hereby revoked. I. I. Enlisted…
ForT WALLA WALLA, WASH. TER. ForT WALLA WALLA, WASH. TER., January 5, 1861. General JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, Quartermaster-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I take the liberty and…
Columbia Columbia, January 27, 1864. Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War: Sir: I had the honor on the 19th day of December last to inclose you and request your…
Tallahassee Tallahassee, January 26, 1864. Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War, Richmond, Va.: SiR: Permit me to introduce to your acquaintance Capt. D. W. Gwynn, of the Fifth Florida…