WAR DEPARTMENT, June 18, 1863. June 18, 1863—11.20 a. m. Major-General Coucu, Harrisburg: You are authorized to receive into the service any volunteer troops that may be offered, without regard…
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 18, 1863. (Received 11.50 a. m.) Hon. E. M. Stanton: A special dispatch to the Philadelphia North American states that General Couch declined to receive…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SUSQUEHANNA, June 18, 1863. Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: Sir: Milroy’s 1,700 reported this afternoon at Bedford, most of them, I fear, without arms.…
CAMDEN StaTion, Baltimore CAMDEN StaTion, Baltimore, June 18, 1863. (Received 1.45 a. m.) Hon..E. M. STanton, Secretary of War: A train sent to Harper’s Ferry yesterday a. m., with troops…
BALTIMORE BALTIMORE, June 18, 1863. Capt. P. R. STETsoN, Fifteenth Infantry, Harrisburg : The Seventh New York State Militia is here, but Colonel Lefferts says they have no battery gone…
HEADQUARTERS, Maryland Heights, Md., June 18, 1863. Major-General ScHENCK, Baltimore, Md. : I have sent the main body of my cavalry down the railroad this morning. Means and Cole should…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, Fairfax Station, June 18, 1863. Commanding Officer First Corps: Nothing more new than Pleasonton’s fight at Aldie last night. Slocum at Leesburg; cavalry at Aldie,…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS, Aldie, June 18, 1863. Brig. Gen. S. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant-General : GENERAL: I have sent out two reconnaissances, onetoward Ashby’s Gap, by way of Middleburg, and one…
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES FORCES, Suffolk, Va., June 17, 1863. Col. D. T. Van BuREN, Assistant Adjutant-General: Two regiments of General Wistar’s brigade will leave this evening; two others, now out…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MONONGAHELA, June 17, 1863. ; June 17, 1863. Major-General Coucs, Harrisburg, or Chambersburg : It is important that men should be posted in Somerset County and…