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E. Frey to Franz Sigel, July 6, 1864
HEADQUARTERS RESERVE DIVISION, July 6, 1864. GENERAL: Your dispatch* of this p. m. received. General Stahel’s cavalry has been used to operate against the forces of the enemy that attempted…
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F. Sigel, July 5, 1864—11 p. m
HEADQUARTERS RESERVE DIVISION, Maryland Heights, July 5, 1864—11 p. m.. (Received 10.15 a. m. July 6.) A part of the enemy’s cavalry is this evening at Boonsborough and on this…
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Franz Sigel to Robert E. Lee, July 5, 1864
HEADQUARTERS RESERVE DIVISION, Maryland Heights, July 5, 1864—6 a. m.. (Via Frederick, Md. Received 3.25 p. m.) Before my troops arrived at Harper’s Ferry, General Weber at 6.30 p. m.…
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Franz Sigel to Ulysses S. Grant, July 3, 1864
HEADQUARTERS, Shepherdstown, W. Va., July 3, 1864. (Received 6.30 a. m. July 4.) At 6 o’clock this morning the enemy attacked our forces at Leetown and Darkesville, on the Winchester…
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C. R. Lowell, J. R to Second Massachusetts Cav, June 25, 1864
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY BRIGADE, Near Falls Church, Va., June 25, 1864—11 a. m.. CoLoNEL Major Forbes has just returned from Centreville, and I am able to send a clearer account of…
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J. H. Tayior to Cotonztt, June 24, 1864
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY BRIGADE, Near Falls Church, Va., June 24, 1864. Cotonztt: I have the honor to report that a patrol from the camp of the Sixteenth New York Cavalry, consisting…
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Alonzo G. Draper to Thirty-sieth U.S. Colored Troops, June 10, 1864
HEADQUARTERS, Harper’s Ferry, W. Va., June 10, 1864. Information has just been received from Colonel”Thompson, commanding the scouting party just sent to Duffield’s, that a detachment of cavalry from Duffield’s…
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Unknown, June 2, 1864
HEADQUARTERS RESERVE DIVISION, Martinsburg, Va., June 2, 1864. Respectfully forwarded to department headquarters. This report was called for immediately on the return of Lieutenant-Colonel Root, Fifteenth New York Cavalry, but…
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Samuel Cooper to General Jones, June 17, 1864
HEADQUARTERS, Staunton, Va., June 17, 1864. GENERAL: Pursuant to your telegram of the 3d instant, I took command of this post on the 4th. A few hours after doing so…
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K. E. G. Lee to J. Stoddard Johnston, June 15, 1864
HEADQUARTERS POST, Staunton, June 15, 1864. Masor: Your note of the 13th reached me yesterday by return courier. It states ‘”‘McNeill and Gilmor are in the Valley below.” Major Gilmor…
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Franklin E. Town, March 1, 1864
SIGNAL OFFICER OF THE ARMY, March 1, 1864. Washington City, D. C.: COLONEL: I have the honor to transmit herewith report of the operations of the signal detachment of West…
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David Hunter to Major Meysenburg, May 24, 1864
HEADQUARTERS, Harper’s Ferry, W. Va., May 24, 1864. One of my scouting parties had a fight with some of Mosby’s men this afternoon near Charlestown. A scouting party from Duffield’s…
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John A. Andrew to of Massachusetts, May 21, 1864
HEADQUARTERS ADVANCE FORCES, In front of Strasburg, May 21, 1864. Saturday [May 14] we broke camp in rear of Woodstock and marched to New Market, a distance of twenty-one miles,…
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A. Moor to William M. Boong, May 17, 1864
MARTINSBURG, Va. MARTINSBURG, Va., May 17, 1864. General Sigel had an engagement near Mount Jackson on the 15th ; about 600 killed and wounded. All dead and most of badly…
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Timothy Quinn to Charles G. Halpine, May 13, 1864
New MarkKeEt, V. A. New MarkKeEt, V. A., May 13, 1864. Colonel Boyd, of the First New York Cavalry, with detachments from the Fifteenth New York and Cole’s (Maryland) battalion,…
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Edwin M. Stanton to Benjamin F. Kelley, May 11, 1864
CUMBERLAND, Mp. CUMBERLAND, Mp., May 11, 1864. Major Myers, of the Ringgold Cavalry, has just arrived here, and reports that yesterday morning about daylight they were attacked at the junction…
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W. M. L. Jackson to Masor, May 14, 1864
HEADQUARTERS, Newport, Giles County, Va., May 14, 1864. _Masor: On the morning of the 5th instant that portion of my command stationed at Jackson River Depot was ordered to Callaghan’s,…
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John C. Breckinridge to W. H. Jones, May 16, 1864
HEADQUARTERS JACKSON’S CAVALRY BRIGADE, May 16, 1864. ‘ Narrows, May 16, 1864. CoLongL: The latest information received of the enemy was by dispatch from Major Hakle to-day, which was forwarded…
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W. M. H. French to Joseph E. Johnston, May 10, 1864
HEADQUARTERS, Narrows New River, Monday Morning, May 10, 1864. GENERAL: Col. W. L. Jackson arrived here last night at 12 o’clock. His command was 1,000 strong, not yet arrived, one…
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Crispin Dickenson to C. S. Stringfellow, May 19, 1864
HEADQUARTERS BRYAN’S BATTERY, May 19, 1864. MaJor: I have the honor to report that on the day previous to the battle of Cloyd’s farm, Bryan’s (Virginia) battery of light artillery…