New York, September 13, 1861. Capt. RUFUS SAXTON, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Army: SIR: You will provide transportation in good, sound, and safe steamers for fourteen regiments of infantry from…
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, New York, September 13, 1861. Capt. RUFUS SAXTON, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Army: SIR: You will provide transportation in good, sound, and safe steamers for fourteen…
New York, September 27, 1861. Assistant Quartermaster : SIR: The vessels chartered to transport the fourteen regiments are to form two divisions, to move and act together or separately, as…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, May 24, 1862. General SAxTON: You will please proceed with the troops from Washington to Harper’s Ferry and operate with them according to your discretion, as circumstances…
WAR DEPARTMENT, May 24, 1862. May 24, 1862—1 p. m. General SAXTON : Geary reports Jackson with 20,000 moving from Ashby’s Gap by the Little River turnpike, through Aldie, toward…