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James L. Corley to Scort, July 11, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT N. W. A, Camp at Laurel Hill, July 11, 1861. Colonel Scort, Commanding Regiment en route to Laurel Mill: COLONEL: General Garnett directs that you return to Beverly…
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Letters about 1861
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Unknown to Thomas J. Jackson, July 16, 1861
HEADQUARTERS OF THE FORCES, Richmond, Va., July 16, 1861. GENERAL: In the dispatch of the 14th instant you were directed to take command of the available troops of the Northwestern…
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Henry R. Jackson to J. N. Ramsey, Colonel, July 17, 1861
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Camp near Monterey, Va., July 17, 1861. J. N. RAMSEY, Colonel, Commanding, &e.: Sir: Your note of yesterday is at hand. I am surprised and pained to learn…
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J. N. Ramsey to Johnson, July 16, 1861
PETERSBURG, V. A. PETERSBURG, V. A., July 16, 1861. Colonel JOHNSON: ‘My command is here, marching to Harrisonburg. We have suffered awfully. Not many men were killed by the enemy,…
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Ackson to George Deas, July 16, 1861
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Camp at Monterey, Va., July 16, 1861. Sir: There can be no doubt that during the earlier days of last week the enemy engaged the attention of General…
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M. G. Harman, July 16, 1861
HEADQUARTERS FORCES, Staunton, Va., July 16, 1861. DEAR Sie: Inclosed is a communication sent you by telegraph, after waiting hours for the office to open.* It is most important that…
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Unknown, July 15, 1861
HEADQUARTERS ‘FORCES, Staunton, Va., July 15, 1861. DEAR Sir: After your dispatch of to-day, I have informed all that no company would be received as a volunteer company for less…
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John Pegram to M. G. Harman, Staunton, Va, July 14, 1861
hichmond, Va. hichmond, Va., July 14, 1861. Maj. M. G. Harman, Staunton, Va.: Send by express the following: General H. R. JACKSON: Take command of Scott’s, Johnson’s, and Lee’s regiments,…
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Unknown to Robert E. Lee, July 14, 1861
STAUNTON, V. A. STAUNTON, V. A., July 14, 1861. General R. E. LEE: ‘ Below is a note, sent in by Private Strain, from Colonel Scott. I can form no…
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Unknown to Henry A. Wise, July 11, 1861
HEADQUARTERS OF THE FORCES, Richmond, Va., July 11, 1861. Brig. Gen. H. A. WISE, Commanding, &c., Charleston, Va.: GENERAL: In a letter received to-day from General Garnett, commanding Northwestern Army,…