DEPARTMENT OF ANNAPOLIS, Federal Hill, Baltimore, May 14, 1861. A detachment of the forces of the Federal Government under my command have occupied the city of Baltimore for the purpose,…
HEADQUARTERS DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, September 8, 1864. Brigadier-General CAMERON, Thibodeauz : The general sends you this morning Henry Duker and John Newman, two men employed as guides…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., January 7, 1862. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War, Washington, D. O.: SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your…
Port ROYAL, S. C. Port ROYAL, S. C., December 21, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War: SIR: You will pardon me for writing to you in this direct manner,…
Hartford, Conn. Hartford, Conn., September 20, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War, Washington : SIR: I telegraphed you on the 17th and 18th instant, and would now repeat the…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF KANAWHA, Camp Dickerson, November 7, 1861. SIR: I asked instructions from the War Department nearly two weeks since as to the best point to be occupied by…
Camp Gauley Mountain Camp Gauley Mountain, November 25, 1861. SIR: My current series of dispatches has informed the commanding general of the principal military events in this department, including those…
ALEXANDRIA ALEXANDRIA, July 22, 1861. Hon. S. CAMERON: Str: There are about seven thousand men here without officers. Nothing but confusion. Please tell me what I shall do with my…
HAGERSTOWN, MD. HAGERSTOWN, MD., June 18, 1861. General SIMON CAMERON: DEAR Sir: We are all here deeply disappointed. This entire command on Sunday was in admirable condition. It had dragoons,…
PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA, April 23, 1861. General Sruon CAMERON, Secretary of War: a DEAR Sir: The suspension of intercourse between this place and Washington has caused an intense feeling here in…