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Jos. K. F. Mansfield to J. K. F. M, May 3, 1861
May 3, 1861. May 3, 1861. Lieut. Gen. WINFIELD Scott, Commanding the U. 8S. Army: Sir: Agreeably to the deliberations of last evening I now submit to you the following…
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Letters about 1861
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Winfield Scott to BALTIMORE, May 1, 1861, April 30, 1861
April 30, 1861. April 30, 1861. Maj. Irvin McDoOWELL, Assistant Adjutant-General : Dispatch immediately two companies of Pennsylvania volunteers to the navy-yard, with instructions they be sent forthwith in a…
Order
EK. D. Townsend to Washington, April 27, 1861, April 26, 1861
GENERAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, April 26, 1861. No, 4. . Washington, April 26, 1861. I. From the known assemblage near this city of numerous hostile bodies of…
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R. Patterson to BALTIMORE, MD., April 21, 1861, April 21, 1861
Philadelphia, April 21, 1861. Col. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Washington: CoLONEL: As I fear my letters and dispatches have not reached you, I therefore, by aid of a…
Order
E.D. Townsend to WASHINGTON, April 21, 1861, April 21, 1861
ORDERS :] HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, April 21, 1861. It is understood that a body of volunteers approaching this city has reached Cockeysville or other points within seventeen or…
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Thos. H. Hicks to WASHINGTON, April 20, 1861, April 19, 1861
GENERAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, April 19, 1861. No. 3. Washington, April 19, 1861. The Military Department of Washington is extended so as to include, in addition to…
Dispatch
RO. Johnston to of Cavalry, July 25, 1861
Half-Way House, Va., July 25, 1861. Magor: I have the honor to report that I returned to this point yesterday, after occupying Bethel for a few hours, the Messex picket…
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RO. Johnston to G. B. CosBy, July 20, 1861
Cockletown, Va., July 20, 1861. MAJgor: I regret to have to report the loss of the horses of the picket on the Back River road last evening just before the…
Dispatch
RO. J Ohnston to G. B. Cosy, July 19, 1861
Cockletown, Va., July 19, 1861. Sir: I have the honor to report that a volunteer scout, deeiveee of Private W. Causey, Old Dominion Dragoons; Colonel Sandidge and son, and Mr.…
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| Wade Hampton to Joseph E. Johnston, July 29, 1861
Camp Johnson, Broad Run, July 29, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that with six hundred infantry of my command I reached Manassas on the morning of the…