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17,141 lettersQUARTERMASTER-GENERAL’S OFFICE, Richmond, February 12, 1864. Respectfully returned. Action of this kind upon the part of State authorities is apt to lead to competition without any material increase of the…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, January 23, 1864. INOnRd: Richmond, January 23, 1864. I. Paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 3, current series, is hereby revoked. II. Enrolling officers…
HEADQUARTERS PERRY’S BRIGADE, December 26, 1863. December 26, 1863. The above copies of indorsements are correct. Acting Assistant Adjutant- General. Richmond, Va., January 11, 1864. Governor VANCE, Raleigh, N. C.:…
HEADQUARTERS PERRY’S BRIGADE, December 17, 1863. December 17, 1863. These applications are respectfully forwarded and recommended. The regiments composing this brigade originally numbered 3,271; of these there are now left…
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…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, January 11, 1864. No. 8. Richmond, January 11, 1864. * * * * * * * XXVIII. Lieut. Col. R. Snowden Andrews, artillery,…
HEADQUARTERS CHALMERS’ CAVALRY, Near Como, January 7, 1864. DEAR SIR: I hear of several persons here who profess to have authority from you to raise regiments for service of the…
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, January 5, 1864. No. 2. Richmond, January 5, 1864. For the information of all concerned, and to correct prevalent misapprehension, it is announced…
593, 594, 596, 598, 606, 608. GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, January 4, 1864. No. 1. Richmond, January 4, 1864. I. If immediately after the death of an…
‘ HEADQUARTERS, Winchester, July 8, 1861. General S. CooPER, Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va.: GENERAL: Since I forwarded to you Colonel Jackson’s report * from Darkesville nothing has occurred…
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS, July 4, 1861. No. 211. Richmond, Va., July 4, 1861. * * * .II. Brig. Gen. T. J. Jackson, Provisional Army, Confederate States, will report for…
SPECIAL ORDERS, } ADJT. AND INSPR. GEN.’S OFFICE, June 8, 1861. No. 67 Richmond, June 8, 1861. * * * * * * * Ill. Brig. Gen. R. 8. Garnett,…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSPR. GEN,’S OFFICE, June 5, 1861. No. 64. Richmond, June 5, 1861. * ¥ * IV. Brig. Gen. T. H. Holmes, Provisional Army, will proceed to…
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS VIRGINIA FORCES, May 27, 1861. No. 127. Richmond, Va., May 27, 1861. The commanding officer of the cavalry camp at Ashland will select the four companies…
GENERAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS VIRGINIA FORCES, May 26, 1861. No. 20. Richmond, Va., May 26, 1861. The commanding officers at Richmond, Norfolk, Fredericksburg, and Harper’s Ferry, of the Alexandria line…
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS VIRGINIA FORCES, May 10, 1861. No. 39 Richmond, Va., May 10, 1861. * * * * * * * II. Col. G. H. Terrett, of the…