Major-General John Charles Frémont was a United States Army officer, explorer, and politician. He was a United States senator from California and was the first Republican nominee for president of the U.S. in 1856 and founder of the California Republican Party upon being nominated. Frémont lost the election to Democrat James Buchanan.
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Paducah, Ky., September 28, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the West, Saint Louis, Mo. : General Frémont’s letter of September 26 just received. The gunboat…
: – : HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ES s Washington, D. C., November 11, 1861. GENERAL: In Belen you to the command of the Department of the Missouri, it is…
: – : HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ES s Washington, D. C., November 11, 1861. GENERAL: In Belen you to the command of the Department of the Missouri, it is…
WAR DEPARTMENT, May 24, 1862. May 24, 1862—4 p. m. Major-General FREMONT, Franklin: You are authorized to purchase the 400 horses or take them whereever or however you can get…
WAR DEPARTMENT, May 25, 1862. May 25, 1862. General FREMONT: General Banks fell back yesterday from Strasburg to Winchester. To-day he has been driven from Winchester toward Harper’s Ferry. You…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK, Front Royal, June 6, 1862. Maj. Gen. J. C. FREMONT, Commanding Mountain Department, Mount Jackson, Va. GENERAL : I received to-day a letter from your…
HEADQUARTERS, Winchester, June 6, 1862. Major-General FREMONT, in the Field: DEAR Sie: The freshet has destroyed for the moment our communications. At Williamsport the river, higher than for ten years,…
HEADQUARTERS SHIELDSâ DIVISION, Columbia Bridge, June 8, 1862. Maj. Gen. JOHN C. FREMONT: I pushed forward Colonel Carroll with one brigade and four pieces of artillery to move on Port…
WAB DEPARTMENT, ADJT. GEN.âS OFFICE, i Washington, June 8, 1862. Maj. Gen. JoHN C. FrEmONT, U.S. A., Commanding Mountain Department, Mount Pleasant, Va.: GENERAL: I inclose herewith for your information…
HEADQUARTERS, Winchester, June 12, 1862. My dispatch has been evidently misunderstood by you. I have never thought of falling back, but am exerting all my power to advance my command…
WINOHESTER WINOHESTER, June 17, 1862. Major-General FREMONT: ; General Shields and 8,000 men are at Front Royal. Jackson in large force at Luray. Rumors from significant sources say the enemy…
Hadgrs. Army in the Field, Middletown, Va. Hadgrs. Army in the Field, Middletown, Va., June 25, 1862. Maj. Gen. JoHN C. FREMONT, Commanding Department : GENERAL: In compliance with your…