Culpeper Court-House, Va., April 28, 1861. General LEE, Commander-in-Chief, Richmond, Va.: Having completed the requisite arrangements at Alexandria, and succeeded in informing myself of the actual state of things at…
Richmond, Va., April 24, 1861. General P. St. GEORGE COCKE: GENERAL: Your dispatch of the 24th is at hand. I rejoice that you so fully recognize the proper policy to…
April 22, 1861. Nowa } Fredericksburg, Va., April 22, 1861. By the authority of the governor of the State of Virginia I assume command of the volunteers and militia along…
April 22, 1861. : Harper’s Ferry, Va., April 22, 1861. [Governor LETCHER: DEAR GOVERNOR: I have endeavored to keep you advised of my action here. Two official communications have been…
Washington, July 29, 1861. Brigadier-General RosEcRANS, Clarksburg, Va.: Leave Cox on the Kanawha for the present if he will consent to stay. Portify the Gauley as heretofore proposed; also Cheat…
Washington, July 27, 1861. Major-General Banks, U. S. A., Harper’s Ferry, Va.: I have ordered Captain Newton back to you. I do not ask that you shall attempt to hold…
Washington, July 23, 1861. Brigadier-General MCDOWELL, Arlington : The General-in-Chief directs that you have a suitable escort at the Georgetown Ferry at one o’clock to-day to meet the President of…
Washington, July 21, 1861. Governor CuRTIN, Harrisburg, Pa. : Please send the Wisconsin regiment at Harrisburg to report to the general at Baltimore instead of Harper’s Ferry. Send all the…
Washington, ie 21, 1861. Brigadier-General MCDOWELL, Commanding, Ce. It is known that a strong re- diiortomont left Wihoheser on the afternoon of the 18th, which you will also have to…
QUARTERMASTER GENERAL’S OFFICE, Washington City, July 18, 1861. Major-General MCCLELLAN, Beverly, Va.: No surplus transportation at Leavenworth. Dickerson at Cincinnati reports two or three hundred horses on hand. [have ordered…