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17,141 lettersRichmond, Va., March 26, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your supplemental report of the battle and surrender of Fort Donelson and of your answer…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, Fairfax Oourt-House, March 13, 1862. A council of the generals commanding army corps at the Headquarters Army of the Potomac were of the opinion— I.…
Richmond, March 11, 1862. General A. SIDNEY JOHNSTON, Decatur, Ala. : Sig: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your dispatches through Major Liddell. The reports of Brigadier-Generals Floyd…
Camp Cloak, near Fort Henry, February 18, 1862. Str: Below I give you a list of the killed, wounded, and missing in the Twenty-fifth Regiment Kentucky Volunteers in the battle…
Fort Henry, February 18, 1862. SIR: On the morning of Saturday, February 15, the Forty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteers left their bivouac near the enemyâs lines and marched to the attack…
Fort Henry, Tenn., February 18, 1862. Str: In obedience to your order, the Kement left its camp, near Fort Donelson, on. the morning of the 15th February, 1862, with an…
Fort Heiman, Ky., February 18, 1862. Ste: I have the honor to report that on the 15th instant, in obedience to your order, I stormed the hill on which the…
Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 19, 1862. SIR: On February 13 my command, SitidsHin of seven companies, was formed in line of battle by order of Colonel Lauman, commanding brigade, and…
Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 18, 1862. COLONEL: I have the honor to report to you the part which my con- – mand took in the capture-of this place: The Second…
Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 18, 1862. In compliance with your order I herewith respectfully submit a report of the part taken by the Twenty-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteers in the actions…
Fort Donelson, February 18, 1862. SIR: In obedience to Special Orders, No. 2, headquarters Second Division, army in the field, Brigadier-General Smith commanding, I have the honor to make the…
Clarksville, Tenn., March 6, 1862. GENERAL: In pursuance of orders from division headquarters I have the honor to submit the following report: Monday, the 3d day of February, the Seventh…
Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 18, 1862. In accordance with Special Orders, No. 2, I beg ee to mate the following report: n the morning of the 12th instant the Twelfth…
Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 18, 1862. SIR: In pursuance to your order I submit S following repe I cannot tell the exact number of killed and wounded each day, and…
Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 25, 1862. In obedience to your order requiring a report of the movements and operations of the troops under my command during the investment and siege…
HEADQUARTERS TAYLORâS BATTERY, Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 18, 1862. COLONEL: I have the honor respectfully to submit the following report of the part taken by the battery under my command…
Fort Donelson, February 17, 1862. SIR: I have hesitated as to whether it is properly my duty to make a written report of the attempt, on Thursday, the 13th of…
February 17, 1862. TomrY-FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS, Fort Donelson, February 17, 1862, SIR: In obedience to orders I took position with my command on the morning of the 15th instant…
U. S. Advance Forces, Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 17, 1862. Sin: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of my brigade from the time of…
Fort Donelson, February 22, 1862. GENERAL: The preparations made by the enemy for the eue of this position were very extensive. A complete and accurate survey of the works and…