Order
George B. McClellan to Seth Williams, March 8, 1862
PRESIDENT’S GENERAL WAR ORDER, EXECUTIVE MANSION, TE IN O EO. Washington, March 8, 1862. Ordered, That no change of the base of operations of the Army of the Potomac shall…
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Letters about 1862
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George B. McClellan to Edwin M. Stanton, February 3, 1862
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, February 3, 1862. SIR: I ask your indulgence for the following paper, rendered necessary by circumstances. I assumed command of the troops in the vicinity…
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Unknown to Benjamin F. Butler, February 23, 1862
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, February 23, 1862. GENERAL: Youare assigned to the command of the land forces destined to co-operate with the Navy in the attacks upon New Orleans.…
Dispatch
Pen Es Geo. B. McClellan to David Hunter, February 14, 1862
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, February 14, 1862. GENERAL: Your dispatches in regard to the occupation of Dawfuskie Island, &c., were received to-day. I saw also to-day, for the first…
Order
MeClellan to À. V. Colburn, March 8, 1862
PRESIDENT’S GENERAL WAR ORDER EXECUTIVE MANSION, March 8, 1862. No. 2. Washington, March 8, 1862. Ordered, 1. That the major-general commanding the Army of the Potomac proceed forthwith to organize…
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James Reily to Albert S. Johnston, January 11, 1862
Chihuahua Chihuahua, January 11, 1862. General-in-Ohief of the Army of the C. S. A., Fort Bliss. [Inclosure No. 5.—Translation.] I have the honor of replying to your letter of the…
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Henry H. Sibley to Samuel Cooper, January 27, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NEW MEXICO, A. G. O., January 27, 1862. = Fort Thorn, Ariz., January 27, 1862. General S. COOPER, jd Adjutant and Inspector General C. 8. A.: GENERAL:…
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Saml. Boyer Davis to S. Maclin, January 18, 1862
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, January 18, 1862. : Houston, January 18, 1862. Maj. S. MACLIN, . Acting Chief Commissary of Subsistence, San Antonio, Tex. : SIR: Col. P. N. Luckett,…
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Servant to S. CooPEn, January 3, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NEW MEXICO, A. G. O., Fort Bliss, Tex., January 3, 1862. General S. CooPEn, Adjutant and Inspector General C. S. A.: GENERAL: I have the honor to…
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Samuel Cooper to First Regiment of Infantry, January 31, 1862
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., January 31, 1862. Colonel First Regiment of Infantry, California Volunteers : COLONEL: My proposition to the General-in-Chief to organize an expedition under…