Saint Paul, Minn. Saint Paul, Minn., September 9, 1864. GENERAL: 1 have the honor to report that dispatches from Lieutenant-Colonel Adams, commanding Independent Battalion, dated Fort Abercrombie, 4th instant, mention…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST, Milwaukee, Wis., September 5, 1864. GENERAL: Your private and official letters by Captain Pope just received. Of course you can leave six companies of Second…
SPECIAL ORDERS,) WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL’S OFFICE, September 3, 1864. No. 292. Washington, September 3, 1864. 41, Paragraph 39, Special Orders, No. 273, August 17, 1864, from this office,* relieving…
Fulton, Mo. Fulton, Mo., September 2, 1864. LIEUTENANT: I have the honor herewith to submit to you my monthly report. During the past month the bushwhackers have been more troublesome…
HEADQUARTERS JOHNSON’S DIVISION, July 21, 1864. COLONEL: No change has been observed on the part of the enemy since last report; the sharpshooting slackened yesterday, but toward night became as…
HEADQUARTERS JOHNSON’S DIVISION, July 4, 1864. COLONEL: I have the honor to submit the following report for the last twenty-four hours: General Gracie reports unusual activity among the enemy in…
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH MAINE VOLUNTEERS, Deep Bottom, Va., July 29, 1864. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report the operations of the troops under my command in taking and holding the…
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, September 2, 1864. September 2, 1864. On June 14 a signal tower, 125 feet high, was finished at Cobb’s Hill, which tower commands a…
GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS, June 18, 1864. The commanding general takes great pride in assuring this cominand of the high appreciation in which their services, after the fatigues…
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS, Camp near Petersburg, Va., August 9, 1864. GENERAL : June 14, crossed the James River from Wilcox’s Landing to Wind-Mill Point, and after marching some…