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Unknown to R. S. Ripley, December 7, 1861
Ooosawhatchie, December 7, 1861. General R. S. RIPLEY, Commanding, &oc., Charleston: GENERAL: I have read with attention your letter of the 5th instant. I regret to learn that the Marion…
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Letters about 1861
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A. M. Manigault to Tenth Regiment, Commanding First Military District, December 6, 1861
HDQRS. FIRST MIL. DIST., DEP’T OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Georgetown, December 6, 1861. Maj. T. A. WASHINGTON, Department Adjutant- General : MAJOR: Yours of the 3d received * this morning. The…
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R. S. Ripley to Thomas A. Washington, December 5, 1861
Charleston, December 5, 1861. Capt. T. A. WASHINGTON, Coosawhatchie : CAPTAIN: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from the commanding general of the 4th, and…
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Unknown to R. S. Ripley, December 4, 1861
Ooosawhatchie, December 4, 1861. General R. S. RIPLEY, Commanding, &c., Oharleston, 8. O.: GENERAL: Will you please inform me whether the Marion Artillery mentioned in your letter of the 4th,*…
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Unknown to Judah P. Benjamin, December 3, 1861
Coosawhatchie, S. O., December 3, 1861. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War, Richmond, Va.: SIR: In a letter received to-day from Col. John S. Preston, whom I had assigned…
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C. J. Colcock to Drayton takes pleasure in forwarding the inclosed letter to, November 27, 1861
November 27, 1861. November 27, 1861—7 a. m. [Brig. Gen. THOMAS F. DRAYTON :] GENERAL: The expedition to Bull Island, about which I wrote you, left here last night about…
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C. J. Colcock to Brigadier-General Drayton, November 26, 1861
Bluffton, November 26, 1861. Brigadier-General DRAYTON, Hardeeville : GENERAL: I sent out a guard boat last night, under command of Sergeant Mikell; he returned this morning with a boat load…
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T. A. Washington to Headquartebs Third Military District, November 26, 1861
Coosawhatchie, November 26, 1861. General B. S. RIPLEY, P. A., Charleston, S. O.: SIR: The commanding general directs me to say that the enemy can land on all the islands…
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R. S. Ripley to T. A. Washington, November 26, 1861
Charleston, November 26, 1861. Capt. T. A. WASHINGTON, Assistant Adjutant-General, Coosawhatchie : CAPTAIN: I have received a dispatch from Lieutenant-Colonel Black that he has received reliable information that the enemy…
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T. A. Washington to Milton, November 21, 1861
November 21, 1861. No. 2. Coosawhatchie, S. O., November 21, 1861. I. In consequence of the general scarcity of ammunition, the general commanding desires to impress upon the commanders of…