HEADQUARTERS CAMP ADVANCE, September 12, 1861. September 12, 1861. SIR: By order of General Smith I was placed under your command yesterday, and in accordance with your directions I led…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouvcr, September 13, 1864. Respectfully forwarded to Maj. Gen. I. McDowell, commanding the Department of the Pacific. BENJ. ALVORD, Brigadier-General, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding District.…
HEADQUARTERS OWEN’S RIVER EXPEDITION, Camp Independence, Owen’s River Valley, July 9, 1862. MAJOR: I have the honor to report to the general commanding the Department of the Pacific that […
HEADQUARTERS ADVANCE BRIGADE, White Plains, Va., March 30, 1862. GENERAL: In obedience to orders to march to this point on the Manassas Railroad, I reached here yesterday afternoon at 2…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK, May 19, 1862. Maj. Gen. IRvin McDOWELL, Commanding U. S. Forces: GENERAL: Your communication of 18th current was duly received. . I beg you will…
New York New York, September 24, 1862. General IRviN MCDOWELL: Sir: I have recently noticed in the New York Herald your modest request, by letter, that the President would cause…
HEADQUARTERS CORPS OF OBSERVATION, Poolesville, August 19, 1861—1 p. m.. Commanding Division Potomac, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: Your letter No. 1, of yesterday’s date, is just received. Ihave made and…
HEADQUARTERS GENERAL KEYES’ BRIGADE, Uptows Hill, Va., November 16, 1861. It has just been reported that a foraging party sent out from this brigade this morning has been cut off.…
HEADQUARTERS, Manassas, July 23, 1861. GENERAL: I respectfully inclose herewith a note just received from Colonel Stuart. The President knows the person from whom the colonel received the information and…
HEADQUARTERS CAMP BETHEL, Bethel Church, June 10, 1861. Sir: The enemy, thirty-five hundred strong, attacked us at our post, and after a very animated conflict of two hours and a…