HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, Paintsville, Ky., January 8, 1862. DEAR SIR: On Sunday, January 5, I drove in several small scouting parties of the enemy, killing 1 of them. On Monday,…
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH DRIGADE, Camp Pardee, January 4, 1862. DEAR SIR: Shortly after the date of my last report to you, of December 26, I received intelligence that the enemy had…
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, Georges Creek, December 26, 1861. Sir: I advanced from Louisa on the 23d instant, with nine companies of the Forty-second Ohio, three companies of the Fourteenth Kentucky,…
Alexandria, Va. Alexandria, Va., August 9, 1861. Capt. JAMES B. Fry, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Brigadier-General McDowell, Commanding : Sir: It is with deep sorrow that I see from the general…
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, Camp near Alexandria, July 24, 1861. Sir: My health being impaired and growing worse, if I delay I shall A24 OPERATIONS IN M. D., P. A., VA..…
FAIRFAX STATION FAIRFAX STATION, July 18, 1861. Capt. J. B. Fry, Assistant Adjutant-General, Fairfax Court-House : Sir: I have just received a dispatch from Colonel Heintzelman. He is still at…