COLUMBUS, KY. COLUMBUS, KY., September 3, 1861. General POLK: 3 Between 1,500 and 2,000; loaded wagons; horses and artillery, light caliber; no fortifications yet; one of the steamers gone up…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, CAMP DEFIANCE, Cairo, IUl., August 23, 1861. SIR: In the affair of the little steamer W. D. Terry, taken by Captain Stembel, of gunboat Lexington, yesterday morning, at…
HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT, August 25, 1861. > Saint Lowis, August 25, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith sot MUR E to my sites headquarters from Col. R.…
San Antonio, Tex. San Antonio, Tex., December 31, 1861. Col. H. E. MCOULLOCH, i Commanding Western Military District of Texas : E SIR: I have the honor herewith to transmit…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, December 17, 1861. No. 283. f Galveston, Tex., December 17, 1861. For special and immediate service on the Rio Grande, troops will be .…
Houston, Tex. Houston, Tex., December 16, 1861. General P. O. HÉBERT, Commanding Department of Texas, Galveston, Tex. : DEAR SIR: I have the honor to report that, on receipt of…
GENERAL “RCRUM HDQRS. ARMY OF NEW MEXICO, December 14, 1861. No. 10. Fort Bliss, Tex., December 14, 1861. I. Brig. Gen. H. H. Sibley assumes from this date the command…
Mesilla Mesilla, December 14, 1861. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War, C. 8. A.: SIR: I have the honor to forward you a statement of the disposition of the…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, December 7, 1861. No. 227. i Galveston, Tex., December 7, 1861. I. Col. John C. Moore, of Moore’s regiment, is relieved from the…
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DISTRICT OF GALVESTON, December 6, 1861. . Galveston, Tex., December 6, 1861. Capt. E. B. H. SCHNEIDER, Commanding at South Battery: SIR: It is evident, from the movements…