DEPUTY QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL’S OFFICE, San Francisco, June 11, 1863. Lieutenant-Colonel DRUM, Assistant Adjutant- General, Present: Camp Wright has hitherto been furnished via Fort Bragg, from which latter post it is distant…
March 6, 1863. March 6, 1863. Str: After the battle of Seven Pines the Federal Army, under General McClellan, preparatory to an advance upon Richmond, proceeded to fortify its position…
Camp near Vicksburg, April 8, 1863. DEAR Sie: I received last night the copy of your answer to Mr. Knoxâs application to return and reside near your headquarters. I thank…
Camp before Vicksburg, April 7, 1863. Correspondent New York Herald, Steamer Continental : Sir: Yours of April 6, inclosing a copy of President Lincolnâs informal decision in your case, is…
Washington, March 20, 1863. Whom it may concern: Whereas it appears to my satisfaction that Thomas W. Knox, a correspondent of the New York Herald, has been, by the sentence…
_ HEADQUARTERS FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Camp near Vicksburg, February 23, 1863. Col. Joon A. RAWLINS, Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Tennessee : COLONEL: General Orders, No. 13, from your headquarters,…
Before Vicksburg, February 4, 1863. Admiral DavipD D. PorRTER, Commanding Mississippi Squadron : DEAR Sie: I thank you most heartily for your kind and considerate letter, February 3, received this…
Near Vicksburg, February 1, 1863. Admiral Davip D. PORTER, Commanding Mississippi Squadron : DEAR Sim: The Northern press, stimulated by parties here, have sown broadcast over our country the most…
February 1, 1863. Island No. 10, Tenn., February 1, 1863. Maj. THomAs J. NEWSHAM, Assistant Inspector-General, District of Columbus : Mason: In compliance with your request, I have the honor…
Grenada, Miss., January 19, 1863. Major-General LORING, Commanding Army of the Mississippi, Grenada: GENERAL: I have, in compliance with your orders, directed the Second Brigade of Bowenâs division to hold…