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Ambrose P. Hill to E. K. Smrru, June 19, 1861
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Camp David, Va., June 19, 1861. CoLONEL: I have the honor to report that on yesterday I directed Col. J. C. Vaughn, of the Third Tennessee Regiment, to…
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Lew. Wallace, June 14, 1861
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH REGIMENT INDIANA, Camp McGinnis, June 14, 1861. DEAR Sir: Having been notified that several hundred rebel troops were quartered at Romney, Hampshire County, Virginia, drilling there, impressing Union…
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Gls Porter, Al Acg to Charles P. Stone, July 4, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, pe Martinsburg, Va., July 4, 1861. Sin: The commanding general wishes you to join ‘ibas settee now temporarily halted for provisions to be brought up. Under…
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Charles P. Stone to Joshua T. Owen, June 11, 1861
HEADQUARTERS ROCKVILLE EXPEDITION, Tennallytown, June 11, 1861. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report my arrival at this place with Captain Owen’s company of volunteer cavalry, and the Second, Third,…
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Schuyler Hamilton to Tieutenant-Colonel and Military Secretary, June 11, 1861
CHAMBERSBURG CHAMBERSBURG, June 11, 1861. Colonel Wallace (regiment of volunteers from Evansville, Ind.) yesterday peaceably occupied Cumberland, and acts on my instructions of the 6th instant. He will call to-day…
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J. Bankhead Magruder to Joseph E. Johnston, June 10, 1861
HEADQUARTERS CAMP BETHEL, Bethel Church, June 10, 1861. Sir: The enemy, thirty-five hundred strong, attacked us at our post, and after a very animated conflict of two hours and a…
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Robert E. Lee to G. A. Porterfield, June 6, 1861
Staunton, Va. Staunton, Va., June 6, 1861. Col. G. A. PORTERFIELD, Commanding Virginia Forces, Beverly, Va.: COLONEL: I send you a supply of ammunition by Messrs. Trotter and Crawford, an…
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T. A. Morris to John A. Stein, June 2, 1861
HEADQUARTERS U. S. VOLUNTEERS, Grafton, W. Va., June 2, 1861. Colonel DUMONT, CoLoNEL: You will proceed by railroad this evening at 8.30 o’clock to Webster, with eight companies of your…
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T. A. Morris to Benjamin F. Kelley, June 2, 1861
Graflon, W. Va. Graflon, W. Va., June 2, 1861. Col. B. F. KELLEY, Commanding First Regiment Virginia Volunteers : CoLONEL: With six companies of your regiment, nine companies of Colonel…
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Unknown to Joseph E. Johnston, June 7, 1861
HEADQUARTERS U. S. VOLUNTEERS, Grafton, W. Va., June 7, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that I arrived at Grafton on the evening of the 1st day of…