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W. M. G. Crenshaw, July 14, 1862
HEADQUARTERS CRENSHAW BATTERY, Near Richmond, Va., July 14, 1862. GENERAL: In obedience to your orders of 10th instant I beg leave respectfully to submit the following report: Soon after receiving…
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Henry L. Benning to General Jones, July 26, 1862
HDQRS. SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEERS, Camp near Darbytown Road, July 26, 1862. GENERAL: On the Ist of this month you, after much exertion, put your brigade in line of battle…
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Pa acess bo to Magsor, July 14, 1862
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, THIRD DIVISION, July 14, 1862. Magsor: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of this brigade in the recent engagements and operations…
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Isaac R. Trimble to George B. McClellan, July 30, 1862
HEADQUARTERS SEVENTH BRIGADE, July 30, 1862. GENERAL: I respectfully append the following as a continuation of the operations of the Seventh Brigade from June 28 to July 4 inclusive: On…
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Unknown to Robert E. Lee, August 2, 1862
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH BRIGADE, THIRD DIVISION, August 2, 1862. August 2, 1862. I submit the following report of the operations of this brigade at or near Malvern Hili on the 1st…
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John Hancock, July 9, 1862
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH MAINE VOLUNTEERS, July 9, 1862. Camp No. 22, in the Field, July 9, 1862. Sir: The following is a report of my regiment after the action of June…
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Unknown to George B. McClellan, July 4, 1862
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH INFANTRY, Camp near James River, Va., July 4, 1862. Sir: In obedience to instructions I have the honor to report the part taken by the Sixth U.S. Infantry,…
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Unknown to Captain, June 27, 1862
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, THIRD DIVISION, Camp near Seven Pines, June 27, 1862. CapTAIn: I have the honor to report that, in obedience to orders, I marched my brigade on the…
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Joseph Hooker to Joseph E. Johnston, November 8, 1862
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. INSANE ASYLUM, November 8, 1862. Near Washington, D. 0., November 8, 1862. Your letter of the 30th ultimo* reached me day before yesterday, since which time my engagements…
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W. Hoffman to William N.R. Beall, February 4, 1865
OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS, Washington, D. O., February 4, 1865. GENERAL: Your letter of the 2d instant, requesting to be informed of the number of prisoners at the several stations,…
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L. Thomas, January 30, 1865
HEADQUARTERS OFFICE OF EXCHANGE, New Orleans, January 30, 1865. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 13th instant, and in compliance with the request…
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E.D. Townsend to United States War Department, August 31, 1864
GENERAL WAR DEPARTMENT, August 31, 1864. CouRT-MARTIAL ORDERS, ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, No. 274, \ Washington, August 31, 1864, The sentences “to be hung,” awarded by a military commission and promulgated in…
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Alex. J. Perry to Joseph Wessells, January 14, 1865
QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL’S OFFICE, January 14, 1865. January 14, 1865, Respectfully returned to Brigadier-General Wessells with information that the requisition referred to within was not received at this office, and with request…
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Unknown to George H. Thomas, December 19, 1861
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH BRIGADE, Columbia, December 19, 1861. Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL:* * * * AsfarasIcan ascertain, there is no certainty that Zollicoffer is on the other side of…
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W. A. Hoskins to Don Carlos Buell, December 18, 1861
HDQRS. TWELFTH REGIMENT KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS, December 18, 1861. December 18, 1861. GENERAL: To-day I took six of my companies and one section of Captain Hewett’s battery and proceeded in the…
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Albin F. Schoepf to William T. Sherman, December 12, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Somerset, Ky., December 12, 1861. (Received December 16, 1861.) Commanding Division, Lebanon: GENERAL: Having obtained much information relative to the face of the adjacent country, its roads, streams, and…
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S. P. Carter, November 25, 1861
HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE, Camp ‘Calvert, November 25, 1861. (Received November 29, 1861. ? Commanding, &e., Danville, KEy.: GENERAL: Yours of the 23d instan inclosing orders from department headquarters for…
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George W. Randolph to House of Representatives, March 31, 1862
WAR DEPARTMENT, C. S A., Richmond, Va., March 31, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following answers, prepared by my predecessor in office, to the resolutions of…
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Unknown to Braxton Bragg, August 22, 1862
SPECIAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAT/S OFFICE, August 22, 1862. No. 196. i Richmond, Va., August 22, 1862. * * * * * * * X. L. The reports of…
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John B. Floyd to Joseph E. Johnston, February 19, 1862
CLARKSVILLE, TENN. CLARKSVILLE, TENN., February 19, 1862. General JOHNSTON: 4 Sir: There is but little known satisfactorily of the enemy or their movements; up to 10 o’elock last night all…