SPECIAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 23, 1861. No. 86. Washington, March 23, 1861. Brigadier-General Sumner will, without delay, repair to San Francisco and relieve Brevet Brigadier-General Johnston…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, March 4, 1861. No. 25. J San Francisco, March 4, 1861. Companies A and B, Third Artillery, will take post at the…
, HEADQUARTERS, Fort Colville, Wash. Ter., March 31, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to report for your information that a drunken row occurred on the 18th instant between some…
Arlington Arlington, June 5, 1861. Lieutenant Tompkins behaved most gallantly in the spirited encounter in which he involved himself. He had two herses shot under him, and is now temporarily…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF F’REDERICKSBURG, Fredericksburg, Va., June 2, 1861. Sir: I have the honor to state, for the information of the commanding general, that four of the enemy’s armed steamers…
Cincinnati Cincinnati, May 26, 1861. Colonel STEEPMAN, : Commanding Fourteenth Regiment, Marietta : You will on receipt of this cross the river and occupy Parkersburg. The Highteenth [Ohio] Regiment at…
Cincinnati Cincinnati, May 26, 1861. Colonel IRVINE, Commanding Sixteenth Regiment O. V. M., Bellaire: CoLONEL: I have to-night telegraphed you to cross to Wheeling with your command and support a…
Cincinnati Cincinnati, May 26, 1861. Col. B. F. KELLEY, First Regiment Virginia Volunteers, Wheeling: If you have reliable information that bridges of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad have been burned,…
Cincinnati Cincinnati, May 26, 1861. Col. B. F. Keiey, First Regiment Virginia Volunteers : COLONEL: I have telegraphed you this evening, instructing you to make a forward movement on Fairmont.…
Richmond, Va. Richmond, Va., May 8, 1861. Col. P. St. GEORGE COCKE, Commanding Potomac Division: COLONEL: I am instructed by Major-General Lee to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of…