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John A. Dix, November 21, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, November 21, 1861. GENERAL: Ascertain, if possible, the parties who committed the – depredations referred to in your letter and order, and send them back, -as directed, in…
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l JOHN A. DIX, November 21, 1861
Baltimore, November 21, 1861. âGENERAL: Lieutenant Coffin, commanding the Hercules, will leave to-morrow for Pungoteague Inlet. I sent letters to you to-day by mail, via Salisbury, with my last instructions.…
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John A. Dix, November 20, 1861
: HEADQUARTERS, November 20, 1861. -Baltimore, November 20, 1861. GENERAL: Lieutenant Coffin, of the Hercules, arrived with his vessel to-day, just missing the sloop with coal. He has some repairs…
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Unknown, November 18, 1861
Baltimore, November 18, 1861. GENERAL : Lieutenant Dix arrived this morning with your dispatch, communicating the gratifying intelligence that the rebel organizations in your neighborhood had dissolved. You are right…
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John A. Dix to Joseph Hooker, November 14, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, November 14, 1861. GENERAL: I send you 500 of the Seventeenth Massachusetts Volunteers, under Colonel Amory, which will make your command a very formidable one. I will send…
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Joseph Hooker to S. Williams, 7, November 14, 1861
HEADQUARTERS HOOKERâS DIVISION, Camp Baker, Lower Potomac, Md., November 14, 1861. GENERAL: The right of my camp was enlivened to-day by a spirited contest for a prize in the shape…
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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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Henry 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…