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17,141 lettersRaleigh, April 29, 1864. General 8. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector Generalâs Office: GENERAL: After a full conference with Colonel Mallett, commandant of conscripts, and on examination of the reports of…
Mr. Clay to Mr. Seward. No. 8, official.] Legation of the United States, St. Petersburgh, Russia, June 2, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge your despatch No. 8.…
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, April 29, 1864. No. 44. { Richmond, April 29, 1864. I. The number of general staff officers, and the grade of each, allowed…
Mr. Clay to Mr. Seward. No. 5, official.] Legation of the United States, St. Petersburgh, Russia, May 19, 1863. Sir: In pursuance of the policy imposed upon me by our…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Clay. No. 8.] Department of State, Washington, May 11, 1863. Sir: I think it proper that you should be possessed of a copy of a note…
QUARTERMASTER-GENERALâS OFFICE, May 31, 1864. May 31, 1864. Respectfully forwarded to the Adjutant and Inspector General with the recommendation that Capt. Israel Gibbon, assistant quartermaster, be ordered to report to…
[Extract.] Mr. Clay to Mr. Seward. No. 3, official.] Legation of the United States, St. Petersburgh, Russia, May 7, 1863. Sir: By appointment on Saturday last I called upon Prince…
[Extracts.] Mr. Taylor to Mr. Seward. No. 35.] Legation of the United States, St. Petersburgh, April 20, 1863. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatches No. 20,…
Macon, April 21, 1864. His Excellency JosmEPH E. Brown, Governor, &c., Milledgeville, Ga.: Str: I have been assigned by the President to the command of the Georgia reserve force to…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Clay. No. 2.] Department of State, Washington, March 31, 1863. Sir: A despatch under the date of March 3 (No. 30) has been received from Mr.…
Macon, Ga., April 28, 1864. General 8. COOPER, Adjutant-General, Richmond, Va.: GENERAL: I feel it my duty to state to you that the number of the reserve corps is likely…
[Extract.] Mr. Taylor to Mr. Seward. No. 34.] Legation of the United States, St. Petersburgh, March 3, 1863. Sir: Your despatches, No. 17, of February 18, No. 18, of February…
Richmond, Va., April 28, 1864. His Excellency JEFFERSON DAVIS, , President Confederate States of America: Str: I have the honor to submit to you the following report of the operations…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Taylor. No. 18.] Department of State, Washington, February 25, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of January 27 (No. 28) has been received. I thank you most sincerely…
Montgomery, April 27, 1864. His Excellency President Davis: DEAR SiR: With the assent of my predecessor and with my spprobation since I came into office several gentlemen who had been…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Taylor. No. 17.] Department of State, Washington, February 18, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of January 21 (No. 27) has been received. This government thought that it…
Mr. Taylor to Mr. Seward. No. 28.] Legation of the United States, St. Petersburgh, January 27, 1863. Sir: In the St. Petersburgh Védomosti, (Gazette,) one of the principal daily papers…
Richmond, April 26, 1864. Sir: The papers transmitted by you in the case of A. C. Myers present the following facts: On the 15th of April, 1861, A. C. Myers…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Taylor. No. 15.] Department of State, Washington, January 23, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of December 31 has been submitted to the President, and is approved. He…
Mobile, Ala., April 23, 1864. General SAMUEL COOPER, C. S. Army, Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va.: GENERAL: I respectfully suggest to the consideration of the War Department the establishment…