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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, In the Field, Morris Island, S. C., September 27, 1863. Rear-Admiral JoHN A. DAHLGREN, Dear Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter…
Off Morris Island Off Morris Island, September 26, 1863. Maj. Gen. Q. A. GiLLMorE, U. S. Army, Commanding Department of the South: Dear Sir: The rather limited means at my…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, In the Field, Morris Island, S. C., September 24, 1863. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLEckK, General-in-Chief, Washington, D. C.: My Dear Sir: I am in…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, In the Field, Morris Island, S. C., September 22, 1863. Major-General PECK, Commanding at New Berne, N. C.: GENERAL : Brigadier-General Wild’s brigade arrived here…
QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL’S OFFICE, September 21, 1863. September 21, 1863. Respectfully returned to the General-in-Chief. The steamers McClellan, Arago, Continental, and Cahawba form a regular line of steamers between New York and…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, In the Field, Morris Island, S. C., September 16, 1863. Brigadier-General CULLUM, Chief of Staff, Washington, D. C.: Can you get the steamer McClellan ordered…
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C., September 13, 1863. Maj. Gen. Q. A. GILLMORE, GENERAL : It gives me great pleasure to forward the inclosed appointment of major-general of volunteers.…
Off Morris Island Off Morris Island, September 10, 1863. General G. T. BEAUREGARD, Commanding Confederate Forces, Charleston, S. C.: Sir: I have received a copy of a communication from your…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, In the Field, Morris Island, S. C., September 10, 1863. Brig. Gen. ISRAEL VOGDES, Comdg. U. S. Forces, North End Folly Island, S. C.: GENERAL:…
Off Morris Island Off Morris Island, September 7, 1863. General Q. A. GrtuMorE, U.S. Army, — GENERAL: I desire to procure as large a side-wheel steamer as can cross this…
Orr Morris ISLAND Orr Morris ISLAND, September 7, 1863. General GILLMORE: The monitors will not open on Gregg, or between Wagner and fore the assault ? DAHLGREN, Admiral. Morris Isuanp,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Morris Island, S. C., September 5, 1863. Rear-Admiral JoHN A. DAHLGREN, Commanding South Atlantic Blockading Squadron: DEAR SiR: There is no change in the programme…
Fort Monroe, Va. Fort Monroe, Va., September 8, 1868. Hon. G. V. Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy: Steamship Spaulding arrived from Morris Island. Sailednoon, Monday. Passengers, Commander Downes, Lieutenant…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Morris Island, S. C., September 3, 1863. Brig. Gen. GEorRGE H. Gorpon, Comdg. U. S. Forces, South End of Folly Island, S. C.: GENERAL: A…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Morris Island, S. C., September 3, 1863. Rear-Admiral JoHN A. DAHLGREN, Commanding South Atlantic Blockading Squadron : DEAR Sir: In reply to your letter of…
Off Morris Island Off Morris Island, September 3, 1863. Brig. Gen. Q. A. GILLMoRE, U. 8. Army, Commanding Department of the South: DEAR Sir: I understood you to say yesterday…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, In the Field, Morris Island, S. C., August 31, 1863. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL : I…
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C., August 31, 1863. Col. J. C. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant-General: Sir: Ihave the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of this date, directing…
Morris Isuanp, S. C. Morris Isuanp, S. C., August 30, 1863. General G. W. CuLLum, U. S. Volunteers: My Dear GENERAL: I placed all the reporters under arrest when I…
North End Folly Island, S. C. North End Folly Island, S. C., August 29, 1863. Col. W. W. H. Davis, Commanding Brigade: CoLoNEL: A dispatch just received from Morris Island…