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17,141 lettersPikeville, Tenn. Pikeville, Tenn., August 19, 1863. Lieut. Col. LYNE STARLING, Chief of Staff, Twenty-first Army Corps: CoLONEL: I reached this place at 11 a. m. to-day, and delayed writing…
HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FIRST ARMY CORPS, Dunlap, August 19, 1863—38 p. m.. Brigadier-General GARFIELD, Chief of Staff : My advance reached here at 1 o’clock p.m. I met Wilder, who had just…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Stevenson, August 19, 1863. Maj. Gen. J. J. REYNOLDS, Battle Creek, East Side: Your dispatch to Colonel,Flynt received. General Thomas probably left Decherd yesterday, and…
Camp at Tracy City, Tenn. Camp at Tracy City, Tenn., August 19, 1863. Maj. JoHN LEVERING, A. A. G., Hdqrs. Fourth Div., Fourteenth Army Corps: Sir: I have the honor…
HEADQUARTERS FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Mouth of Little Crow Creek, August 19, 1863. Major-General ROSECRANS. Commanding Department: I have the honor to report the First Division of my corps at Anderson…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF COLUMBUS, Columbus, Ky., August 19, 1863. Col. GEORGE E. WARING, Jr., Commanding at Union City: CoLoNEL : It is reported to the general commanding district that a…
Moscow Moscow, August 19, 1863. Lieutenant-Colonel BINMORE, Assistant Adjutant-General : The Sixty-second Regiment has just reached here. We start at 3 o’clock to-morrow morning, but I think we cannot reach…
LA GRANGE LA GRANGE, August 19, 1863. Lieut. Col. Hz=nry BINMORE, Assistant Adjutant-General : Have heard nothing from the cavalry expedition ee J. K. MIZNER, Colonel, Commanding. CoRINTH, August 19,…
Newport, R. I. Newport, R. I., August 19, 1863. Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant, Commanding Department of the Tennessee: GENERAL: The President extended my leave of absence to the 1st…
CINCINNATI CINCINNATI, August 18, 1863. Colonel DE CouRcy, The general commanding the department directs that you proceed at once with your brigade to Crab Orchard. JNO. G. PARKE, Major-General.
HEADQUARTERS CAMP, Stanford, August 18, 1863. I learn that the Ninth Corps have been committing some irregularities in Covington. You will of course give the necessary orders to stop it…
HEADQUARTERS, Crab Orchard, Ky., August 18, 1863. Major-General ROSECRANS: We have had a serious delay in mounting the cavalry and accumulating forage and subsistence, but all the columns are in…
ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL’S OFFICE, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 18, 1863. General M. C. MEIGs, ‘ Quartermaster-General, Washington, D. C’: GENERAL: I have this day telegraphed to you as follows: ‘12,383 horses and…
QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL’S OFFICE, Washington City, August 18, 1863. Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday, calling for report upon…
Fort DONELSON, TENN. Fort DONELSON, TENN., August 18, 1863. Capt. WiLLIAmM ©. RUSSELL, Assistant Adjutant-General, Nashville, Tenn.: Mounted infantry scouts have returned. They bring in 17 prisoners. 27 horses, 8…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Stevenson, Ala., August 18, 1863. Brig. Gen. A. C, GILLEM, Nashville: The general commanding wishes to know how many American citizens of African descent you…
STEVENSON, ALA. STEVENSON, ALA., August 18, 1863. Maj. Gen. G. GRANGER, Nashville : The general commanding directs that you instruct General Steedman that he must take care of the railroad…
HEADQUARTERS U. 8S. FORCES, Bridgeport, Ala., August 18, 1863. [Capt. GEORGE LEE, Assistant Adjutant-General :] CapTaIN : I am as yet unable tostate positively whether the force opposite has been…
STEVENSON STEVENSON, August 18, 1863. Col. W. P. INNEs, Nashville: Have you a plan of the bridge at Bridgeport? If you can ascertain the length of the spans let me…
STEVENSON STEVENSON, August 18, 1863. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General, Washington : My headquarters moved to-day to Stevenson, Ala. The commands all moving well; better to-day than yesterday. W. S.…