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17,141 lettersRichmond, Va., December 30, 1864. GENERAL: Permit me to urge your special attention to the enforcement of conscription in your State. I fear that the withdrawal of Colonel Browne for…
Hagerstown, Md., June 24, 1861. Co). LEW1is WALLACE, Commanding, &c., Cumberland, Md. : General Patterson orders you here, to come by the shortest route, unless you have strong reasons against…
Richmond, Va., December 18, 1864. The PRESIDENT: DEAR SiR: A very imperative necessity for a few daysâ attention to my private interests has induced me to ask a leave of…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Welles. Department of State, Washington, October 31, 1862. Sir: It is thought expedient that instructions be given to the blockading and naval officers that in case…
Washington, D. O., June 23, 1861. Brigadier-General MCDOWELL, Arlington: Your note is received. The General-in-Chief directs as follows: It is his intention that the Third Connecticut Regiment and the Second…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Stuart. Department of State, Washington, November 3, 1862. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 1st instant, with accompanying…
Richmond, November 30, 1864. The SECRETARY OF WAR: Str: The act of Congress of June 14, 1864, authorizes the SurgeonGeneral and Commissary-General, for the purpose of obtaining supplies of whisky,…
Augusta, September 13, 1864. Respectfully forwarded to Brig. Gen. John S. Preston, superintendent Bureau of Conscription. WM. M. BROWNE, Colonel and Commandant. CONFEDERATE AUTHORITIES. 875
Mr. Stuart to Mr. Seward. Washington, November 3, 1862. Sir: I have received despatches from her Majesty’s acting consul at Philadelphia, reporting to me the detention of the British barque…
Richmond, Va., November 20, 1864. I certify that the above list is a true extract from the official returns furnished me by the generals of reserves in the respective States,…
HEADQUARTERS TYLER’S BRIGADE, Camp McDowell, June 22, 1861. To Brigadier-General MCDOWELL, Commanding Department N. L. Virginia: GENERAL: Your intimation yesterday that we might be ordered to fall back to Ball’s…
Mr. Stuart to Mr. Seward. Washington, November 1, 1862. Sir: I have the honor to transmit to you the accompanying copy of the protests of the master, mates, and engineers…
Richmond, Va., November 24, 1864. General GILBERT S. MEEM, Shenandoah County, Va.: Sir: The memorial of the justices of Shenandoah County, submitted by you to the President, has been by…
Richmond, Va., November 24, 1864. Georgia Militia, Columbus, Ga.: Str: Your letter of the 12th instant asking authority to raise a regiment of colored troops, should Congress authorize their formation,…
November 25, 1864. Respectfully returned. General Orders, No. 77, were suspended in Rockingham (as Hon. Mr. Baldwin will remember) to allow the people of that ravaged county to make the…
Mr. Stuart to Mr. Seward. Washington, October 29, 1862. My Dear Sir: Referring to our conversation of this morning, I beg to state, in order to prevent misapprehension, that the…
Hagerstown, Md., June 21, 1861. General McCAuL1, Harrisburg, Pa.: Please send the following to Colonel Wallace : Five thousand cartridges and six thousand caps for rifle (caliber .54inch) and eight…
Petersburg, November 14, 1864. Secretary of War, Richmond, Va.: Sir: Brig. Gen. J. G. Martin, who has been on duty at Salisbury for some days, informs me fyom the inquiries…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Stuart. Department of State, Washington, October 24, 1862. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of yesterday, and, so far as…
Richmond, Va., November 10, 1864. Governor T. H. WATTS, Montgomery, Ala.: Officers of the State of Alabama, certified by you to be necessary to State administration, are exempt. Officers of…