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17,141 lettersMr. Seward to Mr. Thayer No. 16.] Department of State, Washington, November 24, 1862. Sir: Your private letter of the 27th of October has been received, and its suggestions are…
Paducah, Ky., October 31, 1861. SIR: Learning that a body of rebel cavalry were stationed at Saratoga, a small village about 4 miles from Eddyville, on the Cumberland River, and…
Mr. Thayer to Mr. Seward No 24.] United States Consulate General, Alexandria, November 12, 1862. Sir: I am informed by an intelligent proprietor, who claims to have made a careful…
Mr. Thayer to Mr. Seward No. 23.] United States Consulate General, Alexandria, November 5, 1862. Sir: A very marked stimulus has been imparted to the production of cotton in Egypt…
Camp Ten Mile, Ky., October 16, 1861. Colonel MURRAY, Camp Myers : SIR: I am 10 miles on the march toward a camp of the enemy on Rockcastle River, having…
Mr. Wood to Mr. Seward No. 126.] Legation of the United States, Copenhagen, October 20, 1863. Sir: Your despatch No. 68, in relation to General Franklin’s expedition and the army…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Wood No. 68.] Department of State, Washington, September 22, 1863. Sir: The opening of the campaign is attended with some embarrassments which, in the excitement of…
Camp Ten Mile, October 16, 1861. General W. R. CASWELL, or Col. W. B. Woon, Knoxville, Tenn. : Being much embarrassed for want of transportation in some of the regiments…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Wood No. 60.] Department of State, Washington, June 13, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of the 26th of May (No. 112) has been received. It is gratifying…
October 26, 1861. : Camp Buckner, October 26, 1861. SIR: I have information that the enemy were nine regiments at Rockcastle Hills. “They are thought to have large re-enforcements close…
Mr. Wood to Mr. Seward No. 107.] Legation of the United States, Copenhagen, April 14, 1863. Sir: Since my last despatch I have had the pleasure of reading to and…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Wood No. 54.] Department of State, Washington, February 18, 1863. Sir: Your despatches from No. 97, of the 13th ultimo, to No. 100, of the 27th…
Camp Buckner, September 30, 1861. SIR: On the morning of the 26th instant Oolonel Rainsâ regiment, Colonel Statham, with a battalion of his regiment, and LieutenantColonel McNairyâs cavalry battalion, marched…
[Extracts.] Mr. Wood to Mr. Seward No. 100.] Legation of the United States, Copenhagen, January 27, 1863. Sir: In my last despatch I called your attention to the Hamburg exhibition,…
[Extracts.] Mr. Wood to Mr. Seward No. 98.] Legation of the United States, Copenhagen, January 20, 1863. Sir: The President’s proclamation and news of the battle at Murfreesborough reached us…
Camp Buckner, Ky., September 30, 1861. SIR: The detachments whose movements I réported to you on the 26th instant are returning into camp. The commands of Colonels Rains and Statham…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Wood No. 51.] Department of State, Washington, January 17, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of December 9 (No. 90) was duly received. Several communications which were addressed…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Camp Buckner, Ky., October 2, 1861. SIR: I had posted Captain Bledsoe’s cavalry company near Jamestown, Tenn., and four other cavalry companies at intermediate points from there to…
Mr. Wood to Mr. Seward No. 95.] Legation of the United States, Copenhagen, January 5, 1863. Sir: On the 1st instant I went to Fredensborg, some twenty miles or more…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Wood No. 45.] Department of State, Washington, November 18, 1862. Sir: Mr. Leas, late consul at Stockholm, writes on the 29th of October from Hamburg, that…