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17,141 lettersNovember 13, 1861. Sig: Having been assigned to the command of Fort Beauregard by Colonel Dunovant, commanding the post, I beg leave to submit the following report: : The garrison…
Camp Lee, Pocotaligo, November 16, 1861. SIR: On the 26th of October last I assumed command of the forces Btationed on Bay Point Island, consisting of three companies of the…
HDQRS. NINTH [ELEVENTH] REGIMENT S. C. VOLS., amp Lee, November 12, 1861. SIR: The following is respectfully submitted as a report of the part taken in the defense of Fort…
November 11, 1861. Hilton Head, S. 0., November 11, 1861. SrR: In addition to my report of the 8th instant, and after a more perfect examination into details, I have…
Port Royul, S. O., November 8, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to report that the force under my command embarked at Annapolis, Md., on the 21st October, and arrived…
August 12, 1861. No. 1. Rockville, August 12, 1861. By virtue of orders from Headquarters Division of Potomac, dated August 10, 1861, the undersigned assumes command of the forces of…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, Md., August 12, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, Headquarters of the Army : COLONEL: The importance of this city, not only in its…
Washington, August 11, 1861. GENERAL: I have to request that you will proceed with the force placed under your command to the vicinity of Poolesville, and there observe the Potomac…
Fort McHenry, Md., August 7, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General, Headquarters of the Army: COLONEL: lreceived the telegraphie dispateh of the General-in-Chief, to send General King and…
Washington, August 7, 1861. Brig. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Commanding Department of the Ohio, Clarksburg, Va.: General Dix telegraphs that he is reliably informed that Lee and Johnston are actually…
CLARKSBURG, VA. CLARKSBURG, VA., August 6, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, Washington : Tell General Scott his dispatch is received. I have ordered the Seventeenth Indiana to Beverly,…
Near Harper’s Ferry, Va., August 6, 1861. Col. E. D. TowNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General : SIR: I was much gratified to receive the order authorizing the transfer of stores, &c.,…
Washington, D. C., August 6, 1861. Brig. Gen. I. MCDOWELL, r Comdg. Department of Northeastern Virginia, Arlington, Va.: Information I have received induces me to eaution you to be carefully…
Near Harper’s Ferry, Va., August 4, 1861. Colonel LEONARD, Thirteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers : SIR: The general commanding directs that you proceed to Sharpsburg, Md., near the Potomac River, and…
Union Mills, Va., March 16, 1862. We arrived here last evening about dark. We got corn for horses; no provisions for men. Bull hun too high to cross. Had we…
Washington, March 16, 1862. Sin: I inclose copy of a report just received from General Stoneman. I am confident that the force seen near Warrenton Junction did not come from…
Leesburg, Va., March 9, 1862. SIR: On the morning of the 7th I learned there were about 1,000 infantry, some artillery, and between 200 and 300 cavalry at Waterford, who…
March 16, 1862. > Camp Seminary, Vä., March 16, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to make the following report of the movements of the. Fourth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers…
HDQRS. SECOND REGIMENT NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS, March 16, 1862. ; : Camp Seminary, Va., March 16, 1862. SIR: I proceed to furnish to the headquarters of the First Brigade `…
: HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE, Three miles from Bull Run, March 9, 1862. SIR : On information of my scouts, &c., I felt justified in making this day a reconnaissance to…