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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, September 10, 1864. Brig. Gen. R, A. CAMERON, Commanding La Fourche District: The general commanding directs me to inform you that near the…
New Orleans, La. New Orleans, La., September 10, 1864. Maj. Gen. J. J. REYNOLDS, Commanding Nineteenth Corps: GENERAL: You will proceed with as little delay as possible to the headquarters…
New Orleans, La. New Orleans, La., September 10, 1864. Hon. B. F. FLANDERS, Supervising Special Agent Treasury Dept., New Orleans, La. : Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the…
New Orleans, La. New Orleans, La., September 10, 1864. CAPTAIN STEAMER Ros Roy: The steamer Rob Roy, now lying at the mouth of Red River, is permitted to come to…
New Orleans, La. New Orleans, La., September 10, 1864. Hon. B. F, FLANDERS, Supervising Special Agent Treasury Dept., New Orleans, La.: Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith, inclosed…
Saint Paul, Minn. Saint Paul, Minn., September 9, 1864. Maj. Gen. JOHN POPE, Milwaukee: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch of 5th instant. The…
Saint Paul, Minn. Saint Paul, Minn., September 9, 1864. GENERAL: 1 have the honor to report that dispatches from Lieutenant-Colonel Adams, commanding Independent Battalion, dated Fort Abercrombie, 4th instant, mention…
WHITEWATER, WIS. WHITEWATER, WIS., August 16, 1864. General H. Z. MITCHELL: DEAR SiR: I have just been reading in the Chicago Tribune of August 15 about the combination of all…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST, Milwaukee, Wis., May 11, 1864. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, Chief of Staff of the Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I have the honor to…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST, Milwaukee, Wis., September 9, 1864. Hon. 0. A. DANA, Assistant Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.: Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt…
GLASGow GLASGow, September 9, 1864. General FISK: Major King left Glasgow on the night of the 8th instant. He encamped same night about eight miles northeast on the Chariton. Last…
HEADQUARTERS, Warrensburg, September 9, 1864. Maj. HENRY SUESS, On Board Steamer Fanny Ogden, Glasgow: The following received from department headquarters last night: General Fisk is operating against guerrillas in Howard…
WARRENSBURG WARRENSBURG, September 9, 1864. Maj. O. D. GREENE, Assistant Adjutant-General and Ohief of Staff: The Fanny Ogden will be at Glasgow by to-morrow. Will direct Major Suess to co-operate…
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C., September 9, 1864. Maj. Gen. A. J. SMITH, Cairo: You will prepare your command to immediately take the field west of the Mississippi against…
HEADQUARTERS NINETEENTH ARMY CORPS, New Orleans, La., September 9, 1864. Maj. GEORGE B. DRAKE, Assistant Adjutant-General, Hdgrs. Department of the Gulf: Masor: In reply to your communication of this date…
HEADQUARTERS DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, September 9, 1864. Brig. Gen. R. A. CAMERON, Commanding La Fourche District: The general commanding directs that a special report be made of…
Saint Louis, Mo. Saint Louis, Mo., September 8, 1864. Colonel MATTHEWS, Sturgeon, Mo.: You can make the exchanges you speak of, in this way and no other: If the guerrillas…
Brunswick, Mo. Brunswick, Mo., September 8, 1864. General C. B. FIsK, GENERAL: The dispositions of my force in accordance with your order has so weakened this post as to render…
SAINT JOSEPH SAINT JOSEPH, September 8, 1864. Col. O. D. GREENE, Assistant Adjutant-General: I understand by General Douglass that the bridges on the North Missouri Railroad are all guarded. I…
Saint Louis, Mo. Saint Louis, Mo., September 8, 1864. General FIsk, Saint Joseph, Mo.: The general commanding deems the safety of the Perruque bridge, on the North Missouri Railroad, of…