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Lorenzo Thomas to Galusha A. Grow, December 12, 1861
WAR DEPARTMENT WAR DEPARTMENT, December 12, 1861. Hon. G. A. GROW, Speaker of the House of Representatives : SIR: In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of…
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Unknown to Robert E. Lee, 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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G. W. Andrews to George B. McClellan, July 19, 1861
HEADQUARTERS FIFTEENTH REGIMENT O. V. M., Oakland, Md., July 19, 1861. In answer to your order, directing me to report Go you the Baa taken by me to intercept the…
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Wee. Keim to Fitz J. Porter, July 8, 1861
SECOND DIVISION HEADQUARTERS, Camp Brown, Martinsburg, Va., July 8, 1861. Sir: I have the honor to transmit to you the reports of the First Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, Col. John C.…
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Unknown to Senate of the United States, December 23, 1861
HDQRS. OF THE ARMY, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE, Washington, December 23, 1861. Siz: In compliance with your instructions, [ have the honor to report that, after due consideration, the General-in-Chief is…
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Simon Cameron to Robert Patterson, November 30, 1861
Wak DEPARTMENT Wak DEPARTMENT, November 30, 1861. General R. PATTERSON, Philadelphia, Pa. : GENERAL: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th instant, calling my attention…
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Levi Woodhouse to Abraham Lincoln, July 25, 1861
HAGERSTOWN HAGERSTOWN, July 25, 1861. Sir: I am possessed of reliable information that a messenger left this place for Baltimore with a dispatch from the Confederate Army to the rebels…
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R. Wellman to E. A. Rigg, November 30, 1861
HEADQUARTERS CAMP WRIGHT, Oak Grove Station, November 30, 1861. MAJOR: Pursuant to special orders, dated November 27, 1861, I proceeded in search of a party of men at Temecula, going…
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Ben. C. Cutler to James H. Carleton, December 3, 1861
Los Angeles, Cal. Los Angeles, Cal., December 3, 1861. Colonel CARLETON, First Infantry California Volunteers, San Francisco, Cal. : COLONEL: I have the honor to forward herewith copies of two…
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Harvey Brown to Erasmus D. Keyes, April 22, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF FLORIDA, Fort Pickens, April 22, 1861. Lieut. Col. E. D. KEYEs, Secretary to the General-in-Chief, Washington, D. C.: COLONEL: I wrote you on the 19th, detailing my…