Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000 troops.
Centreville, July 20, 1861. COLONEL: Yesterday was occupied mainly by the engineers in reconnoitering the defenses of the enemy on Bull Run, at and above the crossing of the Warrenton…
Union Mills, July 24, 1861. Sir: In conformity with Special Orders, No. 145, headquarters Army of the Potomac, I have the honor to report that upon the morning of July…
Washington, September 14, 1861. General WILLIAM F. SMITH, Chain Bridge: The colors of the New York Seventy-ninth will be sent to you tomorrow. Please return them to the regiment, with…
Camp Buckner, September 30, 1861. SIR: On the morning of the 26th instant Oolonel Rainsâ regiment, Colonel Statham, with a battalion of his regiment, and LieutenantColonel McNairyâs cavalry battalion, marched…
Louisville, Ky., October 8, 1861. Brigadier-General CRITTENDEN : SIR: I have made an order for you to go to Owensborough and to assume command of the regiments organizing in that…
Camp Ten Mile, October 16, 1861. General W. R. CASWELL, or Col. W. B. Woon, Knoxville, Tenn. : Being much embarrassed for want of transportation in some of the regiments…
HEADQUARTERS RICHARDSON’S BRIGADE, October 19, 1861. SIR: In obedience to your instructions, I left this camp yesterday at 3.30 p. m. to make a reconnaissance in the direction of Occoquan,…
Poolesville, October 20, 1861. Col. CHARLES , DEVENS, Commanding Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers : COLONEL: You will please send orders to the canal to have the two new flat-boats now…
October 23, 1861. October 23, 1861â7 p. m. Brig. Gen. A. SCHOEPF, Commanding U. S. Troops, Rockcastle : SIR: Your dispatch of the 22d has just been received. Provisions for…
October 26, 1861. : Camp Buckner, October 26, 1861. SIR: I have information that the enemy were nine regiments at Rockcastle Hills. “They are thought to have large re-enforcements close…
Louisville, Ky., October 31, 1861. General WARD, Campbellsville, Ky. : DEAR SIR: I have been up to Camp Nevin, and am now in possession of your letter of the 26th.…
November 10, 1861. ; Piketon, Ky., November 10, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to report, for the information of the commanding general of the department, that on the 7th…
Chattanooga, November 15, 1861. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War: The ordnance officer at Nashville telegraphed me that none of my guns have been turned in, though the work…
Coosawhatchie, November 18, 1861. Oapt. T. A. WASHINGTON, Assistant Adjutant- General : CAPTAIN: Being about to repair to Charleston, in obedience to the orders of the general commanding, I have…
Somerset, Ky., December 12, 1861. (Received December 16, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, ETN Commanding Division, Lebanon: GENERAL: Having obtained much information relative to the face of the adjacent…
Somerset, January 7, 1862. A (Received January 8, 1862.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Eastern Division: GENERAL: I have received your instructions of January 1, 1862, yes- : On…
; HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE, Somerset, January 15, 1862. Prig: Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Eastern Division: GENERAL: I received yours of the 14th instant, and in reply to your inquiries…
Adams Run, S. C., January 28, 1862. CAPTAIN: Inclosed I have the honor to submit the report of Col. P. F. Stevens, Holcombe Legion, commanding the expedition to Edisto Island.…
Washington, February 8, 1862. SIR: This will.be handed to you by the officer sent in-charge of Brig. Gen. Charles P. Stone, who is under close arrest. You will please confine…
March 6, 1862. March 6, 1862â10 a. m. â+ MAJOR: I reported yesterday afternoon my arrival here. We found a small picket of cavalry and a few infantry, several of…
: HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE, Three miles from Bull Run, March 9, 1862. SIR : On information of my scouts, &c., I felt justified in making this day a reconnaissance to…
March 22, 1862. SIR: In obedience to the orders of the President, conveyed through you to Major-General Holmes, on account of certain unofficial reports â – which had reached his…
March 25, 1862. 7 Adams Run, S. C., March 25, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 18th instant in reply to…
July 4, 1862. RigHt WING, DEPARTMENT OF THE POTOMAC, July 4, 1862. Report of Casualties in the First Brigade, Second Division, Right Wing, Department of the Potomac, in the engagement…