_/ HEADQUARTERS GENERAL BANKS’ DIVISION, Near Darnestown, Md., August 31, 1861. General STONE: SIR: Major-General Banks directs me to inform you that he arrived at this place day before yesterday.…
HEADQUARTERS CORPS OF OBSERVATION, August 28, 1861. . Poolesville, August 28, 1861. Maj. S. WILLIAMS, Headquarters Army of the Potomac : MAJOR: I have the honor to report that in…
HEADQUARTERS CORPS OF OBSERVATION, Poolesville, August 25, 1861. Maj. S. WILLIAMS, : E Assistant Adjutant-General, Hdqrs. Army of the Potomac: MAJOR: There is nothing of importance to report since my…
Alexandria, Va. Alexandria, Va., August 24, 1861. Maj. S. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant-General : MAJOR: I received information a few days ago which led me to believe that a correspondence between…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, Md., August 23, 1861. GENERAL: The inclosed letter, which I think of sufficient importance to be submitted to you, only conveys intelligence which I am…
SENECA SENECA, August 22, 1861. MAJOR: Ihave the honor to report, for the information of the MajorGeneral Commanding, that all is quiet throughout my lines; no change opposite. ; This…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, August 22, 1861. Major-General MCCLELLAN, U. S. A., Commanding Department of the. Potomac : – SIR: The General-in-Chief directs me to say that, on information…
Near Hyattstown, Md. Near Hyattstown, Md., August 21, 1861. Colonel LEONARD, Thirteenth Massachusetts Regiment: SIR: In view of instructions, received this day from headquarters of the Army in Washington, it…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, Md., August 21, 1861. SIR: The Secretary of the Navy is in error in supposing that I have the means of effectually blockading the Patuxent.…
Near Buckeystown, Md. Near Buckeystown, Md., August 20, 1861. General GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, Washington, D. C.: ; I have near here 10,860 infantry, 549 artillerymen, 333 cavalry, and fourteen pieces…