Unknown to Ulysses S. Grant, May 20, 1861
i San Francisco, Cal. i San Francisco, Cal., May 20, 1861. Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. 0.: SIR: I have the honor to report…
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. Earlier, he was the Commanding General of the Union Army, leading it to victory in the American Civil War in 1865.
i San Francisco, Cal. i San Francisco, Cal., May 20, 1861. Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. 0.: SIR: I have the honor to report…
i San Francisco, Cal. i San Francisco, Cal., May 20, 1861. Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. 0.: SIR: I have the honor to report…
Fort Holt, Ky., Sunday, December 1, 1861. At 3.15. p. m. Lieutenant Mathie, commanding Company F, Sereni Illinois, otio of the day, reported to these headquarters the approach Cuar. XVII.)…
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH BRIGADE, Fort Holt, Ky., Sunday, December 1, 1861. At 3.15. p. m. Lieutenant Mathie, commanding Company F, Sereni Illinois, otio of the day, reported to these headquarters the…
Saint Louis, January 6, 1862. Brig. Gen. U. S. GRANT, Cario, Ill. : I wish you to make a demonstration in force on Mayfield and in the direction of Murray.…
Saint Louis, January 11, 1862. Brig. Gen. U. S. GRANT, Cairo, Ill.: I can hear nothing Gen Buell, so fix your own time for the advance. Three regiments will go…
Saint Louis, January 30, 1862. SIR: You will immediately prepare to send forward to Fort Henry, on the Tennessee River, all your available forces from Smithland, Paducah, Cairo, Fort Holt,…
SAINT Louis SAINT Louis, January 30, 1862. Brig. Gen. U. S. GRANT, Cairo, IW.: Make your preparations to take and hold Fort Henry. I will send you written instructions by…
February 9, 1862. ` Saint Louis, February 9, 1862. I have this moment received the official report of your capture of Fort Henry, and hasten to congratulate you and your…
Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862. Major Cosby will take or send by an officer to the nearest picket of the enemy the accompanying communication to General Grant, and reMM A…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862. Major Cosby will take or send by an officer to the nearest picket of the enemy the accompanying communication to General Grant, and reMM…
HDQRS. THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT INDIANA VOLUNTEERS, Fort Henry, Tenn., February 18, 1862. Sir: In obedience to your order, the Kement left its camp, near Fort Donelson, on. the morning of the…
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 DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., April 28, 1862. Flag Officer BELL, U. S. Navy, Commanding Pacific Squadron, Mare Island, Cal. : SIR: Inclosed herewith is a copy…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, May 30, 1862. Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: Since I received instructions from your office to prepare a command for…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE: PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 4, 1862. Adjutant-General U. S.. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: Inclosed herewith is a communication addressed to me by His Excellency J.…
SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS, \ HDQES. DEPT. OF THE MISSISSIPPI, June 10, 1862. No. 90. Corinth, Miss., June 10, 1862. I. The order dividing the army near Corinth into right wing,…
BOLIVAR BOLIVAR, June 17, 1862. General Sherman’s troops are in Grand Junction and on the road to Holly Springs. The road in good order to Grand Junction. W. L. SANDERSON,…
Moscow, Tenn. Moscow, Tenn., June 28, 1862. General GRANT, Memphis: mene letter by Gould received this a. m.; telegraphed its contents to alleck. I sent the Railroad Regiment to Germantown,…
JACKSON, TENN. JACKSON, TENN., July 2, 1862. General Grant orders me to take command of the troops and district south of Union City and north of Memphis and Charleston Railroad,…
July 4, 1862. Crewâs Farm, Va., July 4, 1862. Capratin: I have the honor to report the part borne by my brigade in the battle of Crewâs Farm on the…
Mosoow Mosoow, July 7, 1862. General GRANT: By order of General Halleck I am back at Moscow. The line of Coldwater is the proper line from which to protect this…
Moscow, Tenn. Moscow, Tenn., July 8, 1862. Assistant Adjutant-General to General Grant, Memphis: Siz: My last report of the operations of this and General Hurlbut’s (Fourth) divisions was made to…
Washington, July 11, 1862. Ordered, That Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck be assigned to command the whole land forces of the United States, as general-in-chief, and that he repair to…