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17,141 lettersCrab Orchard Crab Orchard, August 20, 1863. General HARTSUFF, Commanding Twenty-third Army Corps: You will please order General Hascall’s division to move at an early hour to-morrow morning through Somerset,…
CINCINNATI CINCINNATI, August 20, 1863. General FERRERO, Camp Nelson, Ky. : General Parke wishes to know how soon you can send two brigades to the front, their strength, &c. N.…
CRAB ORCHARD CRAB ORCHARD, August 20, 1863. General PARKE : Please report the position of the regiments of Ninth Corps. How on ea end two brigades to the front ?…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Stevenson, August 20, 1863. Major-General BURNSIDE, Crab Orchard: I am very anxious to hear from you. W. S. ROSECRANS, Major-General. ; CRAB ORCHARD, August 20,…
LARKINSVILLE, ALA. LARKINSVILLE, ALA., August 20, 1863. Maj. WiLLIamM H. SINcuLaIR, The party sent out last night report General Johnson on the other road, about 10 miles north of this…
I am, colonel, very respectfully, your most obedient servant, STEVENSON I am, colonel, very respectfully, your most obedient servant, STEVENSON, August 20, 1863. Col. E. M. McCook : Ask Watkins…
Pikeville, Tenn. Pikeville, Tenn., August 20, 1863. Lieut. Col. LYNE STARLING, Chief of Staff, Twenty-first Army Corps: CoLONEL: Colonel Minty started this afternoon on the expedition designated in instructions from…
Pikeville, Tenn. Pikeville, Tenn., August 20, 1863. Lieut. Col. LYNE STARLING, Chief of Staff, Twenty-first Army Corps: COLONEL: I senda courier to Jamestown this afternoon. Am glad to learn that…
HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FIRST ARMY CORPS, Dunlap, August 20, 1863—11 a. m.. General GARFIELD : . I dispatched you yesterday at 4p. m., via Tracy City, after my arrival here. ; Van…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, August 20, 1863. : Stevenson, August 20, 1863. Major-General SHERIDAN: _ The general wishes to know if we cannot place a battery on the island…
Tracy City Tracy City, August 20, 1863. Major LEVERING, Assistant Adjutant-General: Sir: I have the honor to report that the railroad train did not arrive last evening. No news from…
HEADQUARTERS FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Stevenson, August 20, 1863. You are directed by the general commanding to occupy Jasper, with one brigade of infantry at least, and to take such a…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Stevenson, August 20, 1863. Maj. Gen. GEoRGE H. THomas, Commanding Fourteenth Army Corps: GENERAL: The general commanding directs you to instruct General Reynolds to reconnoiter…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Stevenson, August 20, 1863. Col. WILLIAM P. INNES, Military Superintendent of Railroads, Nashville, Tenn. : CoLoNEL: Your communication of 18th instant is at hand. The…
CorintuH CorintuH, August 20, 1863. Maj. Gen. S. A. HURLBUT, Convmanding Sixteenth Army Corps: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of Special Orders, No. 39, headquarters Cavalry Division,…
Louisa Louisa, August 19, 1863. Maj. Gen. A. E. BURNSIDE, Crab Orchard: GENERAL: There has been no move as reported. A few scattering bands have come through Pound Gap. They…
CRAB ORCHARD CRAB ORCHARD, August 19, 1863. General ROSECRANS: An order has been received at General Boyle’s headquarters directing him to send away all of the orderlies at his headquarters.…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Stevenson, August 19, 1863. Brigadier-General Boyt, Louisville : The demand for the use of contrabands far exceeds the supply. I am obliged to defer some…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Stevenson, August 19, 1863. Brig. Gen. A. C. GILLEM, Nashville : The general commanding wishes you to get all the negroes you can and notify…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Stevenson, August 19, 1863. Maj. Gen. GORDON GRANGER, Nashville : The second wire has been ordered, and will be put up as soon as the…