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17,141 lettersMr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 657.] Department of State, Washington, July 20, 1863. Sir: The insurgent army, under Lee, is understood to be either stationary or moving in the…
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 7, 1864. No. 30. Richmond, March 7, 1864. I. The following act of Congress concerning impressments, and the instructions of the War…
GENERAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, April 26, 1861. No, 4. . Washington, April 26, 1861. I. From the known assemblage near this city of numerous hostile bodies of…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 656.] Department of State, Washington, July 18, 1863. Sir: Your despatch of July 1 (No. 441) has been received, together with the report of…
Richmond, Va., March 65, 1864. His Excellency Z. B. VANCE, Governor of North Carolina: Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge your letter of the 29th ultimo relative to an…
Philadelphia, April 21, 1861. Col. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Washington: CoLONEL: As I fear my letters and dispatches have not reached you, I therefore, by aid of a…
ORDERS :] HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, April 21, 1861. It is understood that a body of volunteers approaching this city has reached Cockeysville or other points within seventeen or…
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 5, 1864. No. 29. Richmond, March 5, 1864. I. The following acts of Congress are published for the information of the Army:…
GENERAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, April 19, 1861. No. 3. Washington, April 19, 1861. The Military Department of Washington is extended so as to include, in addition to…
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 4, 1864. No. 28. Richmond, March 4, 1864. I. Paragraph V, General Orders, No. 13, 1864, is thus amended: Officers of the…
Half-Way House, Va., July 25, 1861. Magor: I have the honor to report that I returned to this point yesterday, after occupying Bethel for a few hours, the Messex picket…
Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward. No. 454.] Legation of the United States, London, July 16, 1863. Sir: In obedience to the directions contained in your despatch (No. 630) of the…
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 2, 1864. No. 27. Richmond, March 2, 1864. I. The attention of the Army is called to the second and third sections…
Cockletown, Va., July 20, 1861. MAJgor: I regret to have to report the loss of the horses of the picket on the Back River road last evening just before the…
[By telegraph.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. Department of State, Washington, July 15, 1863. Sir: Port Hudson unconditionally surrendered on the 9th of July. Bragg is reported to be retreating…
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 1, 1864. No. 26. Richmond, March 1, 1864. The following act of Congress and regulations are published for the information and guidance…
Cockletown, Va., July 19, 1861. Sir: I have the honor to report that a volunteer scout, deeiveee of Private W. Causey, Old Dominion Dragoons; Colonel Sandidge and son, and Mr.…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 655.] Department of State, Washington, July 14, 1863. Sir: We have advices from Port Hudson of the 3d of July. The siege was then…
Richmond, Va., February 29, 1864. Z. McDaniel is hereby authorized to enlist a company of men, not to exceed fifty in number, for secret service against the enemy, under the…
Camp Johnson, Broad Run, July 29, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that with six hundred infantry of my command I reached Manassas on the morning of the…