Fortress Monroe, July 19, 1861. __ Sim: It will be’seen by the inclosed reports, which I have waited for an order that exact knowledge might be imparted, that a party…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT N. W. 4., Camp at Laurel Hill, July 11, 1861. Colonel Scort, : Commanding Regiment en route to Laurel Hill: COLONEL: I am directed by General Garnett to…
Richmond, Va., July 16, 1861. GENERAL: In the dispatch of the 14th instant you were directed to take command of the available troops of the Northwestern Army, and oppose the…
Camp near Monterey, Va., July 17, 1861. J. N. RAMSEY, Colonel, Commanding, &e.: Sir: Your note of yesterday is at hand. I am surprised and pained to learn by it…
Huttonsville, Randolph County, Virginia, July 15, 1861. To the OFFICER Commanding the Forces Commanded by the late Robert S. Garnett, Esq., styling himself Brigadier- General, Confederate States Army : Srr:…
Manassas, July 29, 1861. General S. CooPER, Adjutant and Inspector General: GENERAL: I had the honor to write to you on the 24th instant on the subject of my rank…
July 17, 1861. July 17, 1861. Maj. Gen. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, Commanding U. 8S. Forces : Sir: It affords me pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the…
Manassas, July 28, 1861. General 8. CooPER, Adjutant and Inspector General: GENERAL: This army, both General Beauregard’s troops and mine, ~ is without adequate means of transportation. It would be…
Richmond, Va., July 27, 1861. Brig. Gen. T. H. HouMEs, Commanding at Fredericksburg, Brooke’s Station, Va.: GENERAL: I regret to learn that the proposed construction of the batteries at the…
Camp at Monterey, Va., July 16, 1861. Str: There can be no doubt that during the earlier days of last week the enemy engaged the attention of General Garnett at…