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17,141 lettersBRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Mill Springs, Ky., December 9, 1861. SIR: Having been disappointed in having ferry-boats captured by the force sent on in advance with that object, I have had to…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Mill Springs, Ky., December 2, 1861. SIR: Yesterday, with a small detachment of infantry and cavalry, I proceeded to reconnoiter from the left bank a camp of the…
Somerset, December 8, 1861. GENERAL: We met the enemyâs scouts this evening about 3 miles to the west of the village; the collision took place between the Thirty-fifth Ohio and…
Fort Holt, Ky., Sunday, December 1, 1861. At 3.15. p. m. Lieutenant Mathie, commanding Company F, Sereni Illinois, otio of the day, reported to these headquarters the approach Cuar. XVII.)…
Hopkinsville, Ky., December 5, 1861. Leaving Hopkinsville November 24 with 300 men and their officers, : under orders from brigade headquarters, we went to Greenville, where we found some arms…
Charleston, S. C., December 13, 1861. General D. S. DONELSON, Commanding Third Brigade Tenn. Vols., Charleston, S. C. : GENERAL: The general commanding directs that you should proceed with your…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ! HEADQUARTERS, December 10, 1861. No. 17. Coosawhatchie, S. O., December 10, 1861. Freie coast of South Carolina will be divided into five military stricta : The First,…
Coosawhatchie, December 9, 1861. Colonel [R. G. M.] DUNOVANT, Oommanding, do. : COLONEL: A dispatch has just been received from Colonel Jones, stating that the enemy was landing at Cunningham…
Coosawhatchie, December 9, 1861. Col. R. G. M. DuNOVANT, Commanding, do. : COLONEL: The Thirteenth Regiment South Carolina Volunteers, Col. O. E. Edwards, has been ordered to take the road…
Richmond, December 8, 1861. SIR: Your letter of 3d instant was received on the 7th. Since its reception I have telegraphed, announcing that measures had been taken to re-enforce you…
December 7, 1861. No. 4 } Coosawhatchie, S. O., December 7, 1861. I. The recent inspection by the medical director of the department discloses the existence of much sickness among…
Ooosawhatchie, December 7, 1861. General R. S. RIPLEY, Commanding, &oc., Charleston: GENERAL: I have read with attention your letter of the 5th instant. I regret to learn that the Marion…
HDQRS. FIRST MIL. DIST., DEP’T OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Georgetown, December 6, 1861. Maj. T. A. WASHINGTON, Department Adjutant- General : MAJOR: Yours of the 3d received * this morning. The…
Charleston, December 5, 1861. Capt. T. A. WASHINGTON, Coosawhatchie : CAPTAIN: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from the commanding general of the 4th, and…
Ooosawhatchie, December 4, 1861. General R. S. RIPLEY, Commanding, &c., Oharleston, 8. O.: GENERAL: Will you please inform me whether the Marion Artillery mentioned in your letter of the 4th,*…
Coosawhatchie, S. O., December 3, 1861. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War, Richmond, Va.: SIR: In a letter received to-day from Col. John S. Preston, whom I had assigned…
November 27, 1861. November 27, 1861—7 a. m. [Brig. Gen. THOMAS F. DRAYTON :] GENERAL: The expedition to Bull Island, about which I wrote you, left here last night about…
Bluffton, November 26, 1861. Brigadier-General DRAYTON, Hardeeville : GENERAL: I sent out a guard boat last night, under command of Sergeant Mikell; he returned this morning with a boat load…
Coosawhatchie, November 26, 1861. General B. S. RIPLEY, P. A., Charleston, S. O.: SIR: The commanding general directs me to say that the enemy can land on all the islands…
Charleston, November 26, 1861. Capt. T. A. WASHINGTON, Assistant Adjutant-General, Coosawhatchie : CAPTAIN: I have received a dispatch from Lieutenant-Colonel Black that he has received reliable information that the enemy…