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17,141 lettersWashington, January 7, 1869. GENERAL: In accordance with verbal instructions heretofore given you, you will, after uniting with Flag-Officer Goldsborough, at Fort Monroe, proceed under his convoy to Hatteras Inlet,…
PRESIDENTâS GENERAL WAR ORDER EXECUTIVE MANSION, March 8, 1862. No. 2. Washington, March 8, 1862. Ordered, 1. That the major-general commanding the Army of the Potomac proceed forthwith to organize…
GENERAL ORDERS, BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, August 14, 1861. No. 2: Knoxville, Tenn., August 14, 1861. I am authorized to receive into the service of the Provisional Army of the Confederate States…
Jackson, August 13, 1861. SIR: In answer to your dispatch of 12th instant, the State has three artillery companies, armed and equipped, which can be placed in service at short…
August 8, 1861. a: Richmond, August 8, 1861… Maj. Gen. LEONIDAS POLK, Hdqrs. Dept No. 2, Memphis: SIR: Your letter of July 28,* by the hands of Colonel Little, has…
Knoxville, August 6, 1861. Adjt. Gen. S. COOPER, Richmond, Va. : Sir: Thomas A. R. Nelson, with.an escort of three men, supposed to be on his way to take his…
WAR DEPARTMENT, €. S. A., Richmond, July 31, 1861. General WILLIAM T. WITHERS, Camp Boone, near Clarksville, Tenn. : SIR: In reply to yours of the 24th instant, relative to…
Camp Boone, July 28, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War: Sig: Yours of the 19th instant, in which you express a willingness to accept the additional Kentucky companies…
Richmond, July 26, 1861. G. GANTT, Esq., Richmond, Va.: Sır: Your letter of July 23, written on behalf of the governor of Tennessee, has been received. With regard to the…
Camp Boone, July 25, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War : i Sir: If you should determine to call for more troops, I trust that you will bear…
Camp Boone, July 24, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War: . SIR: Inclosed please find a letter from Brigadier-General Cheatham, – ofthe Army of Tennessee, relative to small-arms…
Louisville, Ky., November 19, 1861. SIR: General Buell directs me to say that the orders he has given you in reference to the movement of your command contemplates the whole…
Camp Calvert, November 17, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, U. S. A., ; Commanding, &c., Crab Orchard, Ky.: z GENERAL: My brother, who will hand you this, can give…
Crab Orchard, Ky., November 17, 1861. Brig. Gen. S. P. CARTER, Commanding Camp Calvert, near London: GENERAL: General Buell has arrived in Louisville and assumed command of the department. He…
November 16, 1861. : Camp Calvert, November 16, 1861. (Received November 17.) ^. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, U. S. A., Commanding, &c., Crab Orchard, Ky.: GENERAL: My brother William…
Louisville, Ky., November 14, 1861. Brigadier-General THOMAS, Commanding, Crab Orchard: NE SIR: The report you make of the abandonment of Cumberland Ford and Cumberland Gap in part confirms me in…
Louisville, Ky., November 14, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Crab Orchard: SIB: I have just received information that a force of about 2,700 men, — three pieces of artillery, and…
4 . HEADQUARTERS, Crab Orchard, November 13, 1861. General W. T. SHERMAN, i Commanding Department of the Cumberland, Louisville, Ky. : GENERAL: Colonel Bramlette writes me from Somerset on the…
Camp Calvert, November 12, 1861. DEAR GENERAL: This afternoon I received a message from Captain – Ryan (formerly of Second Regiment), who is on Elk Fork, in edge of Tennessee,…
Washington, November 12, 1861. âBrig. Gen. D. C. BUELL, Commanding Department of the Ohio: GENERAL: Upon assuming command of the department, I will be glad to have you make as…