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Unknown, October 30, 1861
HEADQUARTERS CAMP ALCORN, Hopkinsville, Ky., October 30, 1861. SIR: I am instructed by Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman to say that the enemy are assembling in considerable force upon Green River,…
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Letters about 1861
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Chas. P. Stone to S. Williams, ^, November 7, 1861
Poolesville, November 7, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to forward herewith papers marked T 2, 9, 4, D, 6, concerning-a flag of truce sent for the recovery of the…
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Chas. P. Stone to S. Williams, November 2, 1861
November 2, 1861. / Poolesville, November 2, 1861. GENERAL: On the 23d October, at about 10.30 o’clock a. m., I received the special order of which the inclosed is a…
Order
Unknown, October 20, 1861
October 20, 1861. No. â. ‘ Poolesville, October 20, 1861â10.30 p. m. Colonel Devens will land opposite Harrison’s Island with five companies of his regiment, and proceed to surprise the…
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Chas. P. Stone to Brigadier- General, October 20, 1861
Poolesville, October 20, 1861. Col. CHARLES , DEVENS, Commanding Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers : COLONEL: You will please send orders to the canal to have the two new flat-boats now…
Dispatch
Chas. P. Stone to S. Williams, October 29, 1861
Poolesville, October 29, 1861. = As much time must elapse before complete reports can be obtained from the various commanders of regiments, I have the honor to submit the following…
Order
H S. Williams to 292 OPERATIONS IN MD., N. VA., AND W. VA. (Cuar. XIV. ââ, October 25, 1861
GENERAL ORDERS, ! HDQRS. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, October 25, 1861. No. 32. “Washington, October 25, 1861. The major-general commanding the Army of the Potomac desires to offer his thanks,…
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George B. McClellan to The Hon. SECRETARY OF WAR, November 1, 1861
Washington, November 1, 1861. SIR : I have the honor to forward herewith Brigadier-General Stone’s report of the engagement near Leesburg on the 21st ultimo. I-also transmit a copy of…
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J: P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War to Franklin Pierce, November 19, 1861
Camp Piney, November 19, 1861. SIR: In execution of a general plan, of which you were fully advised in my last dispatch, I succeeded [ November 1] in placing my…
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- John B. Floyd to J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War, November 7, 1861
Camp Dickerson, November 7, 1861. SIR: I asked instructions from the War Department nearly two weeks since as to the best point to be occupied by this command as winter…