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John H. Jackson to To COMMANDING OFFICER, March 13, 1862
March 13, 1862. : Port Royal, S. C., March 13, 1862. I have the honor to report that in compliance with instructions received from Brig. Gen. T. W. Sherman, March…
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à H. G. Wright to Thomas W. Sherman, March 13, 1862
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, EXPED’Y CORPS, Fernandina, Fla., March 13, 1862. GENERAL: Your letters of the 10th and 12th instant were received this evening, through Mr. Boutelle, U. S. Coast Survey,…
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H. G. Wright to Thomas W. Sherman, March 5, 1862
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, EXPED’Y CORPS, Fernandina, Fla., March 5, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to inform you that the combined navy and army expedition is in possession of Fernandina…
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Unknown to J. C. Pemberton, April 6, 1862
Pocotaligo, S. C., April 6, 1862. This report is respectfully referred to War Department. Although East and Middle Florida has been constituted a separate department, reports and returns continue to…
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J. H. Trapier to T. A. Washington, March 28, 1862
Tallahassee, Fla., March 28, 1862. MAJOR: In consequence of the illness of Col. Edward Hopkins, Fourth Regiment Florida Volunteers, the officer in command of the post at Amelia Island at…
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Isaac I. Stevens to L. H. Pelouze, February 27, 1862
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, EXPED’Y CORPS, Beaufort, S. O., February 27, 1862. SIR: I have to report, for the information of the commanding general, that in pursuance to instructions from these…
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Egbert L. Viele to L. H. Pelouze, February 16, 1862
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Savannah River, February 16, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to report that the batteries on Venus Point were attacked at 3 o’clock p. m. on…
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T. W. Sherman to The ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, February 17, 1862
Port Royal, S. C., February 17, 1862. SIR: A rebel steamer, the Ida, ran by our battery on the Savannah River on the 14th instant for Fort Pulaski. The guns…
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Isaac I. Stevens to L. H. Pelouze, February 11, 1862
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, EXPED’Y CORPS, Beaufort, S. C., February 11, 1862. SIR: I have to report for the information of the commanding general that a party of the enemy landed…
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H. G. Wright to L. H. Pelouze, January 29, 1862
‘ HEADQUARTERS, Hilton Head, S. C., January 29, 1862. UAP”AIN: In pursuance of the instructions of the general commanding, dated the 21st and 25th instant, I proceeded on the morning…
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N. G. Evans to P. F. Stevens, January 21, 1862
HEADQUARTERS TAIRD MILITARY DISTRIOT, Adams Run, January 21, 1862. COLONEL: I received a report last night that the negroes on Edisto Island attacked at 12 m. yesterday our pickets at…
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N. G. Evans to Brigadier- General, January 28, 1862
Adams Run, S. C., January 28, 1862. CAPTAIN: Inclosed I have the honor to submit the report of Col. P. F. Stevens, Holcombe Legion, commanding the expedition to Edisto Island.…
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N. G. Evans to T. A. Washington, January 25, 1862
HEADQUARTERS THIRD MILITARY DISTRICT, Adams Run, S. O., January 25, 1862. OAPTAIN ` I have the honor to report that the expedition under Col. P. F. Stevens, Holcombe Legion, has…
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WM. E. Martin to Mounted Regiment, January 4, 1862
Heywood, January 4, 1862. Siz: I have the honor to. report that on the 1st instant I received »rders from Brigadier-General Pemberton to send a detachment of forty cavalry to…
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W. E. Martin to Omar. XV.) NAVAL DESCENT ON CEDAR KEYS. 15, January 4, 1861
January 4, 1861. GENERAL: I avail myself of your suggestion to-day relative to the action of the 1st merely to report that a detachment of my regiment, under Maj. G.…
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D. Barnes to Ready, January 4, 1862
HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH REGIMENT S. C. VOLS., January 4, 1862. January 4, 1862. SIR : I submit the following report of the part performed in the recent affair at Port Royal…
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j JAMES JONES to D. S. DoNELSON, January 4, 1862
Tomotley, S. O., January 4, 1862. GENERAL: In obedience to instructions I have the honor to report the following occurrences of the 1st instant: My camp was pitched on the…
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: D. S. Donelson, January 5, 1862
January 5, 1862. Pocotaligo, S. 0., January 5, 1862. GENERAL: I refer you to the inclosed report of Col. James J ones, of the Fourteenth Regiment South Carolina Volunteers, which…
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Lorenzo Thomas to HEADQUARTERS FOURTH MILITARY Dist. S. O, November 14, 1861
November 14, 1861. No. 99. ! Washington, November 14, 1861. The Major-General Commanding announces to the Army with sincere pleasure, 1st, the brilliant reduction of the forts in Port Royal…
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Unknown, January 3, 1862
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE E. O., January 3, 1862. Beaufort, S. 0., January 3, 1862. DEAR SIR: I desire to express my great confidence in your code of signals from my…