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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Winchester, Tenn., August 13, 1863. Colonel INNES, Nashville: The general commanding thinks you had better set the mills at work near Anderson, and get out…
SHERMAN’S HEADQUARTERS, August 13, 1863. August 13, 1863. General GRANT: I ordered General Dennis, some days ago, to send in all the loose cotton about the bridge, and will renew…
F CINCINNATI F CINCINNATI, August 12, 1863. General BURNSIDE, Lexington, Ky. : The following communication was received from Cairo this morning: iL. Richmond, Assistant Adjutant-General : I have the honor…
CINCINNATI CINCINNATI, August 12, 1863. General BURNSIDE, Camp Nelson: As far asI can find out, the first regiment of Potter’s division, the Eleventh New Hampshire, left Cairo at 1.30 to-day.…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND CAVALRY DIVISION, August 14, 1863. ‘ August 14, 1863. Respectfully forwarded and approved. GEORGE CROOK, Brigadier-General, Commanding. WINCHESTER, August 12, 1863. Major-General BURNSIDE, Camp Nelson, via Lexington, Ky.…
HEADQUARTERS FIRST TENNESSEE CAVALRY, Shelbyville, August 12, 1863. Respectfully forwarded and referred to Major-General Stanley. Lieutenant Roulston has had his house burned and property destroyed. His family and a good…
Camp Dawson, Tenn. Camp Dawson, Tenn., August 12, 1863. Lieut. Col. GEORGE E. FLynt, CoLoNnEL: I have the honor to report the following : The First and Second Brigades of…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, SECOND DIVISION, Pocahontas, August 12, 1863. Col. J. I. RInaKErR, One Hundred and Twenty-second Illinois : CoLoNEL: Your letter of the 11th instant was received. Captain King…
CorRINTH CorRINTH, August 12, 1863. Colonel Mzgrsy : Start Lieutenant-Colonel Phillips immediately. He will move via Ripley to Oxford, where he will form a junction with column from La Grange.…
CoRINTH CoRINTH, August 12, 1863. Colonel MERsy : Have 50 of the aes Regiment—to be selected by Major Flad— accompany the Ninth Illinois. Have them start as soon as possible,…
HEADQUARTERS FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Camp, August 12, 1863. Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant, The telegraph wire was put up to Haynes’ Bluff and out on the Ridge road as far…
LOUISVILLE LOUISVILLE, August 11, 1863. Capt. CHARLES R. THOMPSON, Aide-de-Camp: General Burnside has left Lexington for Camp Nelson this evening.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Winchester, Tenn., August 11, 1863. Capt. H. THRALL, Assistant Adjutant-General : Captain: I have the honor to make the following report of the condition of…
NASHVILLE NASHVILLE, August 11, 1863. General GARFIELD: General Baird has not returned ; it is imperatively necessary for the First Division, Reserve Corps, to have a commander ; they need…
MANCHESTER MANCHESTER, August 11, 1863. Brigadier-General GARFIELD: General Wagner reports Payne’s Cove road impracticable. The Altamont road is passable for artillery, but the best and shortest road is the Park…
STEVENSON STEVENSON, August 11, 1863. General GARFIELD: I have been waiting patiently for several days to get the tools ordered by the general to make boats and get out timber…
NASHVILLE NASHVILLE, August 11, 1863. General ROSECRANS : I have just turned over to Col. W. P. Innes the road, with trains in position. Invoices of property will be made…
CORINTH CORINTH, August 11, 1863. Colonel Mgrsy : Have the Ninth Illinois ready to march by noon to-morrow with six days’ rations. By order of Brig. Gen. G, M. Dodge:…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, Vicksburg, Miss., August 11, 1863. GENERAL: Please send the companies of the Engineer Regiment of the West, now serving in your command, to this place…
New Berne, N. C. New Berne, N. C., November 13, 1863. Sir: A schooner, believed to be the Alice Webb, with a miscellaneous cargo, was beached on the 4th instant,…