HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, March 16, 1862. Maj. Gen. N. P. BANKS, Oommanding Fifth-Oorps, Army of the Potomac: Sir: You will post your command in the vicinity of Manassas,…
Washington Washington, August 16, 1861. General BANKS, Commanding, Sandy Hook: From information received this evening it is deemed important that the change of position ordered by General-in-Chief should be made…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, August 19, 1861. August 19, 1861. Major-General BANKs, U. S. A., – Commanding, dec., Sandy Hook, Md. : You are authorized to withdraw your batteries and…
HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, November 14, 1861. GENERAL: I send you 500 of the Seventeenth Massachusetts Volunteers, under Colonel Amory, which will make your command a very formidable one. I will send…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, July 27, 1861. Major-General Banks, U. S. A., Harper’s Ferry, Va.: I have ordered Captain Newton back to you. I do not ask that you…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF MARYLAND, Fort McHenry, July 24, 1861. ; Sir: I received your confidential dispatch last evening, with the let___ ter inclosed, concerning the ‘”‘ Winans arms.”* Major-General Banks…
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH CORPS D’ARMEE, ARMY OF THE POTOMAQ, Strasburg, Va., March 26, 1862. Sig: In reply to your communication I will state what I observed at the first attack by…
Washington City, January 24, 1863. Major-General MOCLERNAND: GENERAL: Your communication of the 3d instant in relation to the Vicksburg operations has received my earnest attention. I think you need no…
HEADQUARTERS THI2D BRIGADE, Camp near Williamsport, Md., May 28, 1862. GENERAL: I take the first moment of leisure from arduous military duties to report in brief the events of an…
May 31, 1862. [May 31, 1862. Sir: In pursuance of orders from the War Department, Col. John R. Kenly, commanding First Maryland Volunteers, was sent on the 16th day of…