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Unknown, August 12, 1861
August 12, 1861. No. 1. Rockville, August 12, 1861. By virtue of orders from Headquarters Division of Potomac, dated August 10, 1861, the undersigned assumes command of the forces of…
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Letters about 1861
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John A. Dix to E.D. Townsend, August 12, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, Md., August 12, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, Headquarters of the Army : COLONEL: The importance of this city, not only in its…
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: GEO. B. McCLELLAN to HEADQUARTERS, August 12, 1861, August 11, 1861
Washington, August 11, 1861. GENERAL: I have to request that you will proceed with the force placed under your command to the vicinity of Poolesville, and there observe the Potomac…
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John A. Dix to War DEPARTMENT, August 7, 1861
Fort McHenry, Md., August 7, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General, Headquarters of the Army: COLONEL: lreceived the telegraphie dispateh of the General-in-Chief, to send General King and…
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Unknown to William S. Rosecrans, August 7, 1861
Washington, August 7, 1861. Brig. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Commanding Department of the Ohio, Clarksburg, Va.: General Dix telegraphs that he is reliably informed that Lee and Johnston are actually…
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Unknown to E.D. Townsend, August 6, 1861
CLARKSBURG, VA. CLARKSBURG, VA., August 6, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, Washington : Tell General Scott his dispatch is received. I have ordered the Seventeenth Indiana to Beverly,…
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Nathaniel P. Banks to Edward D. Townsend, August 6, 1861
Near Harper’s Ferry, Va., August 6, 1861. Col. E. D. TowNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General : SIR: I was much gratified to receive the order authorizing the transfer of stores, &c.,…
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Geo. A. Mccall to AUGUST 7, 1861â6.45 a. m, August 6, 1861
Washington, D. C., August 6, 1861. Brig. Gen. I. MCDOWELL, r Comdg. Department of Northeastern Virginia, Arlington, Va.: Information I have received induces me to eaution you to be carefully…
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Robt. Williams to Leonard, August 4, 1861
Near Harper’s Ferry, Va., August 4, 1861. Colonel LEONARD, Thirteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers : SIR: The general commanding directs that you proceed to Sharpsburg, Md., near the Potomac River, and…
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J. E. B. Stuart to THOMAS A. PRATT, Assistant Adjutant- General, December 23, 1861
December 23, 1861. MAJOR: I have the honor to report that on the 20th instant I was placed in command of four regiments of infantzy, 150 cavalry, and a battery.…