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17,141 lettersWashington, September 14, 1861. General WILLIAM F. SMITH, Chain Bridge: The colors of the New York Seventy-ninth will be sent to you tomorrow. Please return them to the regiment, with…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF OCOUPATION, W. VA., Camp Scott, near Cross-Lanes, Va., September 11, 1861. J GENERAL: Yesterday we reached the Cross-Lanes at 2 o’elock; drove : in the rebel pickets;…
HDQRS. SEVENTY-NINTH REGIMENT NEW YORK, Camp Advance, Va., September 10, 1861. SIR: In accordance with the following instructions from the brigadier-general commanding, You will assume command of the expedition which…
Richmond, September 20, 1861. Brig. Gen. HENRY A. WISE, Gauley River, via Lewisburg, Va. : = SIR: You are instructed to turn over all the troops heretofore immediately under your…
Camp on the Road, September 12, 1861. SIR: Information had reached me for some number of days that a heavy force was advancing towards my position from the direction of…
September 13, 1861. _ SIR: In reference to the operations of the 10th instant I have to report . that the Third Brigade, acting as a reserve corps, was not…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE A. O. W. V., Camp Cox, September 21, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following as the report of the Second Brigade, in relation…
HEADQUARTERS THIRTEENTH REG? O. V. INFANTRY, September 11, 1861. je i — Camp Scott, Va., September 11, 1861. — Se: I have the honor to submit the following statement of…
September 12, 1861. : Camp Scott, September 12, 1861. «SIR: I have the honor to report as follows in relation to the operation of my brigade in the battle at…
Camp Tennally, September 5, 1861. GENERAL: In relation to my command, I have the honor to report . that the enemy having opened fire on the Seventh Infantry of this…
Washington, September 5, 1861. GENERAL: Major General McClellan has received Maj. S. G. Champlinâs report of his reconnaissance and skirmish on the 30th ultimo. The general is much pleased with…
Hunters Chapel, August 30, 1861. I have the honor to report that this morning, while reconnoitering from the top of Mrs. Hunter’s house, the enemy was observed to send off…
August 23, 1861. August 23, 1861. COLONEL: I have the honor to report that this afternoon at about 4.30 o’clock the enemy’s steamer Yankee and a tug were seen standing…
Medical Director’s Office, January 4, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the sanitary condition of the Army of the Potomac, deduced from the reports…
Medical Director’s Office, January 28, 1862. GENERAL: lu obedience to instructions in your letter of January 21 I have the honor to submit the following report: Having the reports of…
Medical Director’s Office, October 29, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that, in obedience to the orders “of Major-General McClellan, I proceeded to Annapolis, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New…
Medical Director’s Office, Washington, September 9, 1861. MAJOR: In reference to the letter of Mr. George Gibbs, referred tome by direction of Major-General McClellan, I have to state that the…
e Medical Director’s Office, February 22, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the state- : ment of four-wheeled ambulances in the Army of the Potomac,…
January 7, 1862. the State of Pennsylvania for McCall’s brigade, I have the honor to report.that the quartermaster in charge of these carriages informs me he has receipted to Lieutenant-Colonel…
HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE, November 25, 1861. : Camp Calvert, November 25, 1861. My DEAR SIR: A day or two after I wrote you I received orders to break up…