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17,141 lettersGENERAL ORDERS, ! HEADQUARTERS AQUIA DISTRICT, VA., March 17, 1862. -The major-general commanding the Aquia District desires to congratulate his own and the division of General Whiting on the admirable…
March 20, 1862. ; l Richmond, Va., March 20, 1862. GENERAL: The President requests that I should inform you that. unofficial reports have reached him of great destruction of property—burning…
March 22, 1862. SIR: In obedience to the orders of the President, conveyed through you to Major-General Holmes, on account of certain unofficial reports â – which had reached his…
HEADQUARTERS HOOKERâS DIVISION, Camp Baker, Lower Potomac, Md., March 11, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that the rebel batteries at Cockpit Point were entirely destroyed yesterday. The…
HEADQUARTERS HOOKER’S DIVISION, March 10, 1862. , Camp Baker, Lower Potomac, Md., March 10, 1862. GENERAL: I have nothing important to add to the advices sent you yesterday concerning the…
HEADQUARTERS HOOKER’S DIVISION, Camp Baker, Lower Potomac, Md., March 9, 1862. I am directed by the brigadier-general commanding the division to request that you will detach 500 men, with instructions…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, Bunker Hill, Va., March 8, 1862. MAJOR: Frequent reports having come to me that the rebel eavalry : e in small squads were scouting the numerous cross…
HEADQUARTERS DIVISION, Fort Lyon, March 14, 1862. The report of Lieutenant-Colonel Morgan is unsatisfactory. I saw the ` guide Williamson, who says there was sufficient light to distinguish, and that…
March 6, 1862. March 6, 1862â10 a. m. â+ MAJOR: I reported yesterday afternoon my arrival here. We found a small picket of cavalry and a few infantry, several of…
May 14, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the movements of my command, both personal and temporarily enlarged, from the moment of the reception…
Camp Lyon, February 24, 1862. GENERAL: This morning an attack was made on our pickets about a mile beyond Pohick Church, at Lewis Chapel, with what force not stated, but…
Camp Griffin, Va., February 22, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to report that in accordance with your orders I left camp at 3.30 oâclock this morning, and proceeded with…
February 10, 1862. : CAMP AT MOUTH or BLUE STONE, Mercer County, West Virginia, February 10, 1862. DEAR SIR: As instructed by Colonel Jenifer, I took three companies of my…
Camp Grifin, Va., February 8, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to submit for the consideration of the commanding general of the division the following reportâ of the operations of…
HEADQUARTERS SMITH’S DIVISION, Camp Griffin, Va., February 8, 1862. GENERAL: In pursuance of your orders I proceeded yesterday morning with the cavalry, consisting of five squadrons, under command of AA…
QUARTERMASTERâS OFFICE, Monterey, Va., January 4, 1862. CAPTAIN: I write to say that the Yankees, some 4,000 or 5,000 strong, have taken possession cf Huntersville, and our forces, some 250…
HEADQUARTERS MONTEREY LINE, E Camp Alleghany, Va., January 4, 1862. SIR: Intelligence has just been received that the enemy have entered Huntersville, and that the small force left-there by General…
December 23, 1861. MAJOR: I have the honor to report that on the 20th instant I was placed in command of four regiments of infantzy, 150 cavalry, and a battery.…
December 21, 1861. McCALLâs DIVISION, PENNSYLVANIA RESERVE CORPS, E Camp Peirpoint, December 21, 1861. GENERAL: Pursuant to orders from brigade headquarters, the regiment under my command, numbering 575 officers and…
HDQRS. NINTH REG’T PENNSYLVANIA RESERVE CORPS, December 21, 1861. -December 21, 1861. SIR: In aecordanee with your order of this date, to make out an official report of the conduct…