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17,141 lettersHDQRS. DISTRICT OF EAST AND MIDDLE FLORIDA, Tallahassee, Fla., April 15, 1862. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report to the commanding general the evacuation of Jacksonville by the enemy,…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., April 28, 1862. SIR: In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives, passed on the 24th instant, directing the Secretary of War to…
Fernandina, Fla., April 10, 1862. Lieut. Col. H. BISBEE, Jr., Ninth Maine Regiment, Commanding Post, Fernandina, Fla.: COLONEL: Three companies of the Fourth New Hampshire Regiment, now on board the…
Jacksonville, Fla., April 8, 1862. Lieut. Col. Louis BELL . Comdg. Fourth N. H. Regiment, Saint Augustine, Fla.: COLONEL: The major-general commanding the department having directed the abandonment of Jacksonville…
April 7, 1862. NOTIOE.] Jacksonville, Fla., April 7, 1862. In accordance with orders issued by the general commanding the Department of the South, the troops will be withdrawn from this…
Jacksonville, Fla., April 2, 1862. Commanding Provisional Forces of East Florida, Camp Langford, East Florida: COLONEL: After a careful consideration of the propositions presented in your communication of the 1st…
April 13, 1862. Port Royal Harbor, 8. O., April 13, 1862. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report, for the information of the general commanding the Northern District, that, in…
HEADQUARTERS HOLCOMBE LEGION, Camp Blair, S. C., March 30, 1862. COLONEL: In pursuance of your orders, as soon as Colonel Shingler’s command crossed Watt’s Cut, I moved my command, composed…
Camp Blair, S. C., March 31, 1862. I have the honor to report the following articles captured in the late expedition to Edisto: 9 muskets and 7 bayonets; 2 rifled…
March 29, 1862. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report that, pursuant to orders from Brig. Gen. N. G. Evans, commanding, I last night moved from Jehossee, about 3 a.…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD MILITARY DISTRIOT S. O., Adams Run, S. C., March 30, 1862. CAPTAIN: About two weeks sinceit was reported to me that the enemy had advanced from Edisto Island…
HDQRS. PROVISIONAL FORCES, DEPT. E. AND M. FLA, Tallahassee, Fla., April 4, 1862. MAJOR : I have to report a most successful skirmish, which took place at Smyrna on [the]…
March 21, 1862. Hardeeville, S. 0., March 21, 1862. Commanding Sixth Military District of South Carolina: GENERAL: I consider that there is a sufficient number of troops now in hand…
Hardeeville, S. C., March 20, 1862. Brigadier-General DONELSON, Commanding Fifth Military District of South Carolina: GENERAL: I wish you to move forward to the head of the Fording Island road,…
Camp Lee, March 23, 1862. SIR: In compliance with instructions from Brigadier-General Drayton. delivered at New River Bridge about 8 p. m. yesterday, that I should proceed to Major Willcoxon,…
March 23, 1862. Camp at Stony Place, 8. 0., March 23, 1862. SIR: In answer to the communication to you from brigade headquarters, dated March 23, asking for my official…
Hardeeville, S. C., March 24, 1862. SIR : I beg to submit to the consideration of the major-general comranding the accompanying papers in regard to the enemyâs landing in the…
March 23, 1862. Hardeeville, 8. C., March 23, 1862. CAPTAIN: Major Willcoxon, commanding cavalry of Phillips Legion at Bluffton, reported to me yesterday afternoon [at] 3 p. m. that he…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS, Hilton Head, S. C., March 25, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to report that, in compliance with Special Orders, No. 67, March 18, 1862,…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, EXPED’Y CORPS, Fernandina, Fla., March 15, 1862. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report that I have just learned from my aide-de camp, Lieutenant Hubbell, who aecompanied…