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HEADQUARTERS, June 16, 1861
Richmond, Va., June 16, 1861. ‘Col. J. B. MAGRUDER, Commanding, Yorktown, Va.: CoLONEL: Your letter of the 14th, directed to General S. Cooper, chas been received. The result of your…
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Letters about 1861
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Rk. PATTERSON to E.D. Townsend, July 8, 1861
Martinsburg, Va., via Bedford, July 8, 1861. COMMANDING OFFICER, Cumberland, Md.: Your two Pennsylvania regiments have been ordered to Cumberland, _ and placed under the. orders of General Patterson, who…
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R. E. Lee, June 15, 1861
Richmond, Va., June 15, 1861. His Excellency JoHN LETCHER, Governor of Virginia: Sime: Agreeably to your request, I submit a statement of the military and naval preparation for the defense…
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R. Patterson to E.D. Townsend, July 6, 1861
Martinsburg, Va., July 6, 1861. Sir: I telegraphed my intention to cross the Potomac on the 1st instant. I now have the honor to report my movements since that date.…
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R. Patterson to E.D. Townsend, July 3, 1861
Martinsburg, Va., July 3, 1861. Lieut. Col. BE. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General: Entered and passed through this place to-day in hot pursuit of the enemy. The Army was welcomed with…
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HEADQUARTERS VIRGINIA FORCES, June 10, 1861
Richmond, Va., June 10, 1861. Col. J. B. MAGRUDER, Commanding, &c., Yorktown, Vac: ; CoLonEL: In answer to your letter of Be 9th instant, just received, I take pleasure in…
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Major-General Banks, June 27, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPART}ENT OF ANNAPOLIS, June 27, 1861. Sir: My attention has been called to a resolution purporting to have been this day passed by the late board of police commissioners,…
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R. E. Lee, June 10, 1861
Richmond, Va., June 10, 1861. General T. H. Homes, Oommanding, déc., Fredericksburg, Va.: GENERAL: It is probable that, realizing the inutility of cannonading _ the batteries at Aquia Creek with…
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in command, and whenever the municipal laws and regulations to Nath. P. Banks, July 1, 1861
Fort McHenry, July 1, 1861. To the People of the City of Baltimore: In pursuance of orders issued from the headquarters of the Army at Washington, for the preservation of…
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HEADQUARTERS VIRGINIA FORCES, June 7, 1861
Richmond, Va., June 7, 1861. General JosEPH EK. JOHNSTON, Commanding, &c., Harper’s Ferry, Va.: 7 GENERAL: I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 6th instant. The…