Saint Paul, Minn. Saint Paul, Minn., September 9, 1864. GENERAL: 1 have the honor to report that dispatches from Lieutenant-Colonel Adams, commanding Independent Battalion, dated Fort Abercrombie, 4th instant, mention…
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, September 2, 1864. September 2, 1864. On June 14 a signal tower, 125 feet high, was finished at Cobb’s Hill, which tower commands a…
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS, Camp near Petersburg, Va., August 9, 1864. GENERAL : June 14, crossed the James River from Wilcox’s Landing to Wind-Mill Point, and after marching some…
HDQRS. FORTY-FOURTH REGIMENT INDIANA VOLUNTEERS, Fort Henry, February 18, 1862. SIR: On the morning of Saturday, February 15, the Forty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteers left their bivouac near the enemy’s lines…
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, March 24, 1865. In conformity with the wish expressed in your telegram of yesterday, I have the honor to inclose herewith statements of the strength and…
HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FOURTH ARMY CORPS, March 24, 1865. ; March 24, 1865. Lieutenant-General GRANT, City Point: I received information to-day that a staff officer of C. M. Wilcox was in High…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE JAMES, March 24, 1865. March 24, 1865—4 p.m. Lieutenant-General GRANT, City Powt: I have ordered General Turner’s division, the canvas pontoon train, and cavalry out to-morrow…
White House, Va. White House, Va., March 23, 1865. Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grant, Commanding Armies of the United States : GENERAL: Your communication of the 21st instant, by hands…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE JAMES, March 23, 1865. March 23, 1865. (Received 9.45 p. m.) Lieutenant-General GRANT: The fires which you see are the woods burning inside my lines. I…
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, March 23, 1865. Lieutenant-General GRANT, Oity Point, Va.: We start to you at 1 p.m. to-day. May lie over during the dark hours of the night. Very…