HEADQUARTERS SIXTH AND NINETEENTH CORPS, Near Leesburg, Va., July 21, 1864. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that shortly after writing my dispatch of the 17th instant from Clark’s…
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS, Fort Stevens, July 11, 1864. The head of my column has nearly reached the front, and at the suggestion of Major-General McCook I have directed them…
HEADQUARTERS, Shepherdstown, W. Va., July 3, 1864. (Received 6.30 a. m. July 4.) At 6 o’clock this morning the enemy attacked our forces at Leetown and Darkesville, on the Winchester…
Newport, R. I. Newport, R. I., August 19, 1863. Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant, Commanding Department of the Tennessee: GENERAL: The President extended my leave of absence to the 1st…
– HEADQUARTERS FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Camp on Big Black, August 15, 1863. Major-General GRANT, Commanding Department of the Tennessee, Vicksburg: DEAR GENERAL: I had the satisfaction to receive, last night,…
SHERMAN’S HEADQUARTERS, August 13, 1863. August 13, 1863. General GRANT: I ordered General Dennis, some days ago, to send in all the loose cotton about the bridge, and will renew…
HEADQUARTERS FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Nashville, November 21, 1862. Major-General GRANT, Look out for news toward the east. There may be some attempt to cross rebel troops over the Tennessee River.…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, August 2, 1862. August 2, 1862. Major-General GRANT, Corinth: No report from the front. General Morgan reports the Town Creek Bridge safe, and the command…
JAOKSON JAOKSON, August 2, 1862. General U. S. GRANT: I have swept both sides of the Hatchie from Bolivar to Brownsville on the road to Somerville. The enemy fled precipitately…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, July 31, 1862. Major-General GRANT, Corinth, Miss.: Cannot you move on the flank and rear of the rebels on the Hatchie and cut them off? At any…