Camp Brown, Martinsburg, Va., July 8, 1861. Sim: I have the honor to transmit to you the reports of the First Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, Col. John C. Starkweather, and the…
Richmond, Va., June 19, 1861. Hon. R, M. T. HUNTER, Lloyd’s, Essex County, Va. : Sir: Your communication of the 12th instant, to his excellency the President of the Confederate…
HDQRS. OF THE ARMY, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE, Washington, December 23, 1861. Hon. SECRETARY OF WAR, Washington, D. C.: S1z: In compliance with your instructions, [ have the honor to report…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, December 24, 1861. Hon. H. HAMLIN, President of the Senate: Srr: In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, I have the honor…
June 18, 1861. +t Richmond, Va., June 18, 1861. EpMUND T. Morris, Convention of Virginia: Sir: In reply to your letter of the 18th instant,* I have the honor to…
July 24, 1861. Harper’s Ferry, Va., July 24, 1861—3 p. m. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND : While awaiting the arrival of General Banks, who is addressed as commanding here, I…
Washington, July 20, 1861. Major-General PATTERSON, U.S. Army, Charlestown, Va.: Five Pennsylvania regiments, Colonel Paine’s Fourth Wisconsin, now at Harrisburg, and four regiments from this city, are ordered to join…
Brooke’s Station, June 18, 1861. t I disagree with General Beauregard as to the propriety of detavhing any part of this command. 2 The point designated by him is entirely…
Charlestown, Va., July 19, 1861. COLONEL: In reply to your communication of yesterday* the commanding general directs me to say that there is no intention or desire to retain the…
Richmond, Va., June 17, 1861. General T. H. Hotes, Dep’t of Fredericksburg, Va.: GENERAL: In answer to your letter of the 15th instant, addressed to General S. Cooper, I have…