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17,141 lettersU. S. Steamer Cahawba, Fernandina, Fla., March 21, 1862. Brig. Gen. HonATIO G. WRIGHT, Comdg. Third Brigade, Exped’y Corps, Fernandina, Fla.: GENERAL: I am directed by the commanding general to…
March 16, 1862. Port Royal, S. 0O., March 16, 1862. The ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington: SIR: I have the honor to report that after Brigadier-General Wright had taken possession…
Port Royal, S. C., March 15, 1862. Major-General MCCLELLAN, Commander-in-Chief, U. S. Army: GENERAL: From information just received from our forces at North Edisto itis probable that gunboats, except such…
Hilton Head, S. C., March 13, 1862. General EGBERT L. VIELE, Commanding Forces, Daufuskie Island, S. C. : GENERAL: The general commanding directs me to inform you that he is…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, EXPED’Y CORPS, Fernandina, Fla., March 13, 1862. Capt. Louw H. PELOUZE, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General : CAPTAIN: I have to report, in regard to the slates found…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, EXPED’Y CORPS, Fernandina, Fla., March 10, 1862. Capt. Louis H. PELOUZE, Acting Assistant Adjutant-G eneral : CAPTAIN: The inhabitants left behind in the evacuation of this place…
Washington, March 10, 1862. Brig. Gen. THOMAS W. SHERMAN, U. S. A., Commanding, &c., Port Royal, S. C.: GENERAL: I am instructed to inform you that, in consequence of information…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, EXPED’Y CORPS, Fernandina, Fla., March 9, 1862. Col. THOMAS J. WHIPPLE, Commanding Fourth New Hampshire Regiment : COLONEL: Flag-Officer DuPont proceeds to-day to the Saint John’s River,…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., March 9, 1862. To the ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. C. : SrR: From the reports of Brigadier-General Wright, copies of which…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, EXPED’Y CORPS, Fernandina, Fla., March 8, 1862. General THOMAS W. SHERMAN, Hilton Head: GENERAL: By the steamer McClellan, which left for Hilton Head this morning, I informed…
Port Royal, S. C., March 8, 1862. Maj. Gen. GEORGE B. MoCLELLAN, Commanding U. S. Army: GENERAL: Yours of February 14 was received on the 3dinstant. Pulaski is thoroughly cut…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., March 8, 1862. To the ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. O.: SIr: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, EXPED’Y CORPS, March 7, 1862. Fernandina, Fla. March 7, 1862. Col. THOMAS J. WHIPPLE, Cammanding Fourth New Hampshire Regiment: COLONEL: After having embarked the eight companies of…
February 28, 1862. Port Royal, S. 0., February 28, 1862. Maj. Gen. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN: GENERAL: The deserters just in from Savannah say there are about 65,000 troops in and…
Off Tybee, Ga., February 27, 1862. The ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. O.: Sin: It was my intention to accompany the expedition for Fernandina, and while waiting in Warsaw…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, February 23, 1862. Port Royal, S. 0., February 23, 1862. Maj. Gen. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, Commanding U. S. Army: GENERAL: Yours of the 12th instant was received…
‘he ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. 3. ARMY, Washington, D. 0.: Str: As I informed you on the 8th instant, General Viele had orders to erect his battery on the Savannah River, whether…
Washington, February 14, 1862. Brig. Gen. THOMAS W. SHERMAN, Commanding at Port Royal, &c. : GENERAL: Your dispatches in regard to the occupation of Daufuskie Island, &¢., were received to-day.…
Washington, February 12, 1862. Brig. Gen. THOMAS W. SHERMAN, Commanding, Port Royal : GENERAL: You will learn by the mail that brings you this of our success in the West…
Washington, February 12, 1862. Brig. Gen. THOMAS W. SHERMAN, U. S. A., Commanding, &c., Port Royal, S. C.: SIR: The General-in-Chief directs that you send about 300 or 400 eontrabands…