Henry A. Wise to Robert E. Lee, August 24, 1861
Doawoop GAP CAMP Doawoop GAP CAMP, August 24, 1861. General R. E. LEE, Commanding, c. : pee SIR: I received your last dispatch. this morning, and I confess with —…
Doawoop GAP CAMP Doawoop GAP CAMP, August 24, 1861. General R. E. LEE, Commanding, c. : pee SIR: I received your last dispatch. this morning, and I confess with —…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY PICKET, Hammond’s House, Va., December 11, 1862. Sir: I have to report that, in obedience to your orders, I proceeded this morning, with 15 men of Company M…
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH BRIGADE, THIRD DIVISION, August 2, 1862. August 2, 1862. I submit the following report of the operations of this brigade at or near Malvern Hili on the 1st…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD ARMY CORPS, December 19, 1863. December 19, 1863. Respectfully forwarded. I believe this might be tried, and probably with advantage. A. P. HILL, LIneutenant-General. [Fourth indorsement.]} ORANGE, December…
Richmond Richmond, February 20, 1865. General ROBERT E. LEE, Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate States: GENERAL: I will attempt to express in the fewest possible words the views I ventured to…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE FORCES, Richmond, Va., July 16, 1861. GENERAL: In the dispatch of the 14th instant you were directed to take command of the available troops of the Northwestern…
HEADQUARTERS, &C., Stephenson’s Depot, September 12, 1864. My DrEsr GENERAL: From what I can gather from all sources I am afraid that officers at Richmond, and the Department officers especially,…
HEADQUARTERS RESERVE DIVISION, Maryland Heights, July 5, 1864—6 a. m.. (Via Frederick, Md. Received 3.25 p. m.) Before my troops arrived at Harper’s Ferry, General Weber at 6.30 p. m.…
HEADQUARTERS FIRST CAVALRY BRIGADE, January 7, 1863. January 7, 1863. Respectfully forwarded. The force which Major C. encountered at Elk Run is all that remains of Hampton’s Legion (his old…
HEADQUARTERS LEE’S CAVALRY BRIGADE, Morse Neck, Va., December 5, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to forward Colonel Beale’s report of an expedition sent into Westmoreland, which, as you know,…