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Unknown, December 9, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DIVISION, Fort Lyon, December 9, 1861. Ihave seen Colonel-Berry, Fourth Maine Regiment. On the return of the troops to the Accotink 7 of the cavalry were absent. Captain of…
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H. D. Terry to Fifth Michigan Infantry, Commanding Reconnaissance, November 12, 1861
Camp Lyon, near Alexandria, Va., November 12, 1861. GENERAL: In pursuance of your orders, received this morning through Captain Norvell, at Pohick Church, I at once proceeded with the Fifth…
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S. P. Heintzelman to S. Williams, November 13, 1861
Fort Lyon, November 13, 1861. GENERAL: The enemy having made a demonstration against our pickets on the 11th instant, I sent out two small parties of cavalry to reconnoiter. On…
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Charles K. Graham to Daniel E. Sickles, November 11, 1861
Camp Fenion, near Port Tobacco, Md., November 11, 1861. GENERAL: Shortly after my arrival at this point Captain Wilkinson, of Company I of this regiment, by my orders seized several…
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D. E. Sickles to WILLIAM H. LAWRENCE, a, November 12, 1861
Second Brigade, Hooker’s Division, November 12, 1861. CAPTAIN: Herewith I have the honor to inelose Col. Charles K. Grahamâs report of a reconnaissance of Mathias Point and the peninsula of…
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Joseph Hooker to S. Williams, November 12, 1861
HEADQUARTERS HOOKERâS DIVISION, Camp Baker, Lower Potomac, Md., November 12, 1861. GENERAL: It was reported to me that the rebels were planting a battery at Boydâs Hole, which threatened to…
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Nathaniel P. Banks to R. B. Marcy, December 22, 1861
HEADQUARTERS BANKSâ DIVISION, December 22, 1861. SIR: Telegram from Colonel Leonard states as follows: WILLIAMSPORT, 21ST. Canal-boats running to-day both ways. Two guns were brought to Little Georgetown and some…
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Unknown to Joseph Hooker, December 20, 1861
Frederick, Md., December 20, 1861. SIR: I received to-night your dispatch of 5 p.m. and the several telegrams and reports* made since the enemy appeared on the river, and am…
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Thomas J. Jackson to J. E. Johnston, ó, December 14, 1861
December 14, 1861. : Winchester, Va., December 14, 1861. “GENERAL: Yours of the 12th instant is at hand.* I have made two attempts to prevent navigation on the canal, but…
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Geo. Sykes to H. W. Smith, November 11, 1861
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, CASEYâS DIVISION, Washington, D. C., November 11, 1861. SIR: Pursuant to General Orders, No. 4, from the headquarters of this division, I left Washington on the 3d…