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Jas. A. Hardie to E. Steen, February 10, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., February 10, 1861. Maj. E. STEEN, U. S. Army, First Regt. Dragoons, Comdy. Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter.: MAJOR: A rumor has…
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Silas Casey to James A. Hardie, January 25, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Steilacoom, Wash. Ter., January 25, 1861. Capt. JAMES A, HARDIE, sd Arty., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter.: CAPTAIN: The copies of communications from Acting Governor…
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Albert S. Johnston to Samuel Cooper, January 17, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, January 17, 1861. Col. S. COOPER, Adjutant-General, Washington, D. 0.: COLONEL: I have the honor to report my arrival at this place on…
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E. Steen to Joseph E. Johnston, January 5, 1861
ForT WALLA WALLA, WASH. TER. ForT WALLA WALLA, WASH. TER., January 5, 1861. General JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, Quartermaster-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I take the liberty and…
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Index to Robert E. Lee, August 1, 1861
Four miles west of Lewisburg Four miles west of Lewisburg, August 1, 1861. General R. E. LEE, Commanding, &c.: * ‘Sir: Iam here, falling back to Covington, under orders left…
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Ryol It to Samuel Cooper, July 31, 1861
MANASSAS MANASSAS, July 31, 1861. General S. COOPER: _ News has reached here that General Banks has assembled eight _ thousand men for operations in the valley. If true, can…
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J. Bankhead Magruder to Henderson, C. 8. A, July 30, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Williamsburg, Va., July 30, 1861. Captain HENDERSON, C. 8. A.: Sie: I have just learned, for the first time, that the carriages of the guns mounted at Yorktown are…
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Joseph E. Johnston to George B. Cosby, July 29, 1861
HEADQUARTERS OF CAVALRY, Cockletown, July 29, 1861. Maj. G. B. CosBy,, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, Hdqrs. Army of Yorktown : Masor: I have the honor to report that I returned to…
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George B. Cosby to Crump, July 28, 1861
Williamsburg, Va. Williamsburg, Va., July 28, 1861. Colonel Crump, Commanding, Gloucester Point, Va.: Sir: General Magruder directs that you will make a call upon the citizens of Gloucester, Middlesex, and…
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W. W. Loring to Sar af Ae et, July 28, 1861
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE NORTHWEST, Monterey, Va., July 28, 1861. COLONEL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of the troops on this line since…