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F. W. Pickens to Levin P. Walker, September 1, 1861
September 1, 1861. September 1, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War: SIR: Colonel Gregg has two companies here, and desires that they may be received for the war…
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E. Q. Fellows to Third New Hampshire Infantry, April 9, 1862
North Edisto, S. C., April 9, 1862. Lieut. A. B. ELY, A. A. A. G., Hdqrs. Northern Dist., Dept. of the South: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt…
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D. Hunter to Samuel F. DuPont, April 8, 1862
Hilton Head, Port Royal, S. C., April 8, 1862. Flag-Officer SAMUEL F. DuPont, Commanding South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, On Board U. S. S. Wabash : COMMODORE: I contemplate opening the…
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A. B. Ely to Enoch Q. Fellows, April 8, 1862
HDQRS. NORTHERN DISTRICT, DEPT. OF THE SOUTH, Hilton Head, S. C., April 8, 1862. Col. ENocH Q. FELLOWS, Commanding U. S. Forces, Edisto Island, S. C.: CoLONEL: The general commanding…
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H. W. Benham to Samuel F. DuPont, April 5, 1862
s Hilton Head, S. C., April 5, 1862. Flag-Officer S. F. DuPont, Commanding South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, Port Royal Harbor, S. C.: CoMMODORE: I trust your dispatches for Warsaw have…
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Egbert L. Viele to Henry W. Benham, April 4, 1862
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Savannah River, April 4, 1862. General H. W. BENHAM, Commanding First Division, Department of the South: GENERAL: In my communication of yesterday I referred to the…
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H. W. Benham, April 3, 1862
GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, April 3, 1862. No. 3. Port Royal, S. C., April 3, 1862. The following-named officers are hereby announced as additional members of the…
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D. Hunter to Edwin M. Stanton, April 3, 1862
Hilton Head, Port Royal, S. C., April 3, 1862. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War : SIR: I have the honor to report my arrival here on the 30th…
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Egbert L. Viele to Battery Hamilton, Qa, April 3, 1802
Savannah River, April 3, 1802. General H. W. BENHAM, Commanding First Division Department of the South: DEAR GENERAL: Your dispatch is just received, and as I have also just received…
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H. W. Benham to Hpqrs. NORTHERN DISTRICT, DEPT. OF THE SOUTH, April 1, 1862
April 1, 1862. Hilton Head, S. 0., April 1, 1862. Brig. Gen. Q. A. GILLMORE, Commanding U. S. Forces, Tybee Island, Ga.: My DEAR GENERAL: Upon reflecting upon your proposition…
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Chas. G. Halpine to Caar. XV.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC âUNION. 259, March 31, 1862
March 31, 1862. No. 2. Port Royal, S. C., March 31, 1862. In relieving Brig. Gen. T. W. Sherman from duty in this department, pursuant to orders of the War…
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H. G. Wright to D. Hunter, March 28, 1862
Jacksonville, Fla., March 28, 1862. CAPTAIN: From intelligence received this evening from a deserter I learn that the enemy has an attack upon this place iu contemplation so soon as…
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H. G. Wright to Cua». XV.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETOC.âUNION. 257, March 28, 1862
Jacksonville, Fla., March 28, 1862. CAPTAIN : I have the honor to report that nothing of importance has occurred at this place since the date of my last letter. Last…
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Horatio G. Wright to Louis Bell, March 27, 1862
HEADQUARTERS, Jacksonville, Fla., March 27, 1862. Lieut. Col. Louis BELL, . Saint Augustine : COLONEL: I have to acknowledge the receipt this evening of your two letters of the 26th…
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Thomas W. Sherman to Edwin M. Stanton, March 27, 1862
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., March 27, 1862. To Hon. SEORETARY OF WAR, Washington, D. C.: SIR: I have just received the President’s War Order, No. 3, which…
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T. W. Sherman to On Board The Adelaide, March 26, 1862
Port Royal, S. C., March 26, 1862. Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. O.: i GENERAL: Your letter of the 6th instant* was not received until the 21st instant, and…
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H. G. Wright to Louis H. Pelouze, March 25, 1862
Jacksonville, Fla., March 25, 1862. Capt. Louis H. PELOUZE, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General : CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report, for the information of the general commanding, that I left…
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Philip Fraser to Ohairman, March 20, 1862
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Jacksonville, Fla., March 20, 1862. To the People of East Florida: The troops of the United States have come amongst you to protect, loyal citizens and their…
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T. W. Sherman to Cmar. XV.) CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.âUNION. 251, March 25, 1862
Port Royal, S. C., March 25, 1862. To the ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. O.: SIR: Since my letter of the 9th instant, on learning that General Wright, in…
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À P. H. Watson to Salmon P. Chase, March 25, 1862
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., March 25, 1862. Hon. SALMON P. CHASE, Secretary of the Treasury : SIR: The Secretary of War directs me to acknowledge the receipt of your…