Chambersburg, Pa., June 6, 1861. Srr: I am instructed by Major-General Patterson to direct you to halt your forces at Cumberland, securing the bridges over the Potomac and Green Spring…
June 6, 1861. June 6, 1861. Lieutenant-General Scott: Str: I have the honor to report the arrival of Colonel Townsend with the Third New York Regiment of Volunteers, 800 strong,…
GENERAL ORDERS, } HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA, May 28, 1861. No, 2. Fort Monroe, Va., May 28, 1861. The general in command has heard with pain that there are instances…
Fort Monroe, Va., June 4, 1861. Lieutenant-General Scort, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I have nothing of special interest to report since my last, save the general health of the troops.…
HD@RS. DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Chambersburg, Pa., June 4, 1861. COLONEL: The last paragraph in the general’s letter [next preceding] refers to this, that at night the sound of the hammer…
nee Arlington, May 30, 1861. MapAm: Having been ordered by the Government to relieve MajorGeneral Sandford in command of this department, I had the honor to ee this morning your…
Philadelphia, Pa., May 24, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters of the Army, Washington City : Sir: I am in receipt of two telegrams of this date from the Generalin-Chief—one directing troops…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY, Washington, May 24, 1861. General McCLELLAN, U.S. A., Cincinnati, Ohio: We have certain intelligence that at least two companies of Virginia troops have reached Grafton, evidently with the…
Philadelphia, Pa., May 23, 1861. A. A. G., Headquarters of the Army, Washington City: Sie: In compliance with verbal intimation from the General-in-Chief I present for his information in tabular…
Philadelphia, May 22, 1861. Col. SAMUEL YOHE, _ First Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Woodberry, Md. : Sir: The unquiet state of the country and the point you now occupy in the…