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17,141 lettersCHAMBERSBURG, Pa. CHAMBERSBURG, Pa., June 7, 1861. Lieut. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Sir: The inclosed telegrams will inform the General-in-Chief how the Elmira regiment sueceeded in passing out of this…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Chambersburg, Pa., June 6, 1861. Col. LEw1Is WALLACE, Eleventh Indiana Regiment, Cumberland, Md. : Srr: I am instructed by Major-General Patterson to direct you to halt…
CINCINNATI CINCINNATI, June 6, 1861. General Scott: Recent developments show that it is absolutely necessary to muster in Virginia troops between. Grafton and Parkersburg for service in that to be…
ALEXANDRIA ALEXANDRIA, June 5, 1861. Capt. J. B. Fry, Arlington : I have it from a most reliable source that there are 20,000 men at Manassas Junction, Lee’s Station, Fairfax…
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…
Arlington Arlington, June 4, 1861. Lieut. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. C.: COLONEL: I have the honor to report as follows, in…
HEADQUARTERS HEADQUARTERS, June 3, 1861. General MCDOWELL, Commanding, &e., Arlington : General Scott desires you to submit an estimate of the number and composition of a column to be pushed…
WaAR DEPARTMENT WaAR DEPARTMENT, June 3, 1861. Col. W. B. FRANKLIN, U.S. A., ‘ New York City: How many of the three years’ regiments south of Albany are organized? Order…
HD@R. S. DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Chambersburg, Pa., June 4, 1861. COLONEL: The last paragraph in the general’s letter [next preceding] refers to this, that at night the sound of the…
CHAMBERSBURG, P. A. CHAMBERSBURG, P. A., June 3, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington City : COLONEL: I have the honor to report my arrival…
Washington Washington, June 3, 1861. General R. PATTERSON, U.S. A., Chambersburg, Pa. : General Scott will send you in a few days a letter of instructions. One or two batteries…
CHAMBERSBURG, PaA. CHAMBERSBURG, PaA., June 3, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, ~ Assistant Adjutant-General : Ready on Thursday morning to carry out proposed plan, and will move if General-in-Chief approves.…
Philadelphia Philadelphia, May 29, 1861. Maj. Gen. W. H. KE, Commanding U. S, Forces, Chambersburg, Pa. : GENERAL: The commanding general instructs me to give you in his name the…
Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa., June 1, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. 8S. Army: Sir: I have the honor to state, for the information of the General-inChief, in…
Cincinnati Cincinnati, June 1, 1861. Lieut Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-G@eneral : CoLONEL: I had intimated in preceding dispatches an intention ef – moving on the valley of the…
Arlington Arlington, May 29, 1861. Lieut. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, CoLONEL: I arrived here too late in the afternoon of the 27th to assume on that day formally, in orders,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, Pa., May 24, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters of the Army, Washington City : Sir: I am in receipt of two telegrams of this date from…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY, Washington, May 24, 1861. General McCLELLAN, U.S. A., Cincinnati, Ohio: We have certain intelligence that at least two companies of Virginia troops have reached Grafton, evidently with the…
FRANKFORD ARSENAL FRANKFORD ARSENAL, May 23, 1861. Maj. F. J. PORTER, A.A. G., Hdgqrs. Dep’t of Pennsyluania, Philadelphia, Pa. : Sir: In answer to your letter of to-day I have…
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…