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Robert Patterson to E.D. Townsend, June 3, 1861
CHAMBERSBURG, P. A. CHAMBERSBURG, P. A., June 3, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington City : COLONEL: I have the honor to report my arrival…
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Robert Patterson to E.D. Townsend, June 1, 1861
Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa., June 1, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. 8S. Army: Sir: I have the honor to state, for the information of the General-inChief, in…
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George B. McClellan to E.D. Townsend, June 1, 1861
Cincinnati Cincinnati, June 1, 1861. Lieut Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-G@eneral : CoLONEL: I had intimated in preceding dispatches an intention ef – moving on the valley of the…
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Unknown to E.D. Townsend, May 22, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ANNAPOLIS, Baltimore, Md., May 22, 1861. Lieut. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, _ COLONEL: Your letter dated the 20th instant* came duly to hand. The copy of the…
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Henry A. Wise to E.D. Townsend, July 19, 1861
BEVERLY BEVERLY, July 19, 1861. Cox checked on the Kanawha. Has fought something between a victory and a defeat. A wounded colonel of ours taken prisoner, and a possibility of…
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George B. McClellan to E.D. Townsend, July 19, 1861
BEVERLY, V. A. BEVERLY, V. A., July 19, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND: One of Cox’s regiments, Second Kentucky, defeated and drove 600 of Wise’s men out of Barboursville, Cabell…
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George B. McClellan to E.D. Townsend, July 14, 1861
CAMP NEAR HUTTONSVILLE CAMP NEAR HUTTONSVILLE, July 14, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND: I have just returned from Cheat River, having crossed the mountain with a strong advanced guard. The…
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George B. McClellan to E.D. Townsend, July 7, 1861
BUCKHANNON BUCKHANNON, July 7, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General: Newspaper reports say that my department is to be broken up. I hope the General will leave under my…
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George B. McClellan to E.D. Townsend, July 6, 1861
BUCKHANNON, V. A. BUCKHANNON, V. A., July 6, 1861. A well-concerted movement to catch O. J. Wise, with his eight hundred men, at Ripley, on the 4th, failed in consequence…
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George B. McClellan to E.D. Townsend, July 5, 1861
Buckhannon, Va. Buckhannon, Va., July 5, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General : COLONEL: You will probably feel as much regret as I do in finding that I am…