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G. B. Orittenden to Braxton Bragg, January 29, 1862
DIVISION HEADQUARTERS, Gainesborough, Tenn., January 29, 1862. SIR: I would most respectfully state that on the morning of the 19th of this month, at 12 o’clock, I moved from our…
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James A. Garfield to Lieutenant M. I. Benham, December 26, 1861
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, Georges Creek, December 26, 1861. I arrived here last night with 900 men. Twenty-five hundred rebels are at Paintsville, 18 miles distant, with four guns. They are…
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Brigadier-General, December 9, 1861
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Mill Springs, Ky., December 9, 1861. SIR: Having been disappointed in having ferry-boats captured by the force sent on in advance with that object, I have had to…
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Thomas W. Sherman to Joseph Holt, March 25, 1862
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., March 25, 1862. To the ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. O.: SIR: Since my letter of the 9th instant, on learning that…
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Thomas W. Sherman to Joseph Holt, March 9, 1862
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., March 9, 1862. To the ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. C. : SrR: From the reports of Brigadier-General Wright, copies of which…
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Thomas W. Sherman to Edward D. Townsend, February 27, 1862
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Off Tybee, Ga., February 27, 1862. The ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. O.: Sin: It was my intention to accompany the expedition for Fernandina, and while…
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Isaac I. Stevens, December 9, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF PORT ROYAL, December 9, 1861. Beaufort, S. 0., December 9, 1861. GENERAL: I have received information that since my visit to Port Royal Ferry yesterday the Confederates…
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Thomas W. Sherman to Henry W. Halleck, March 13, 1862
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, EXPED’Y CORPS, Fernandina, Fla., March 13, 1862. GENERAL: Your letters of the 10th and 12th instant were received this evening, through Mr. Boutelle, U. S. Coast Survey,…
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Daniel S. Donelson to General, January 5, 1862
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, January 5, 1862. Pocotaligo, S. 0., January 5, 1862. GENERAL: I refer you to the inclosed report of Col. James J ones, of the Fourteenth Regiment South Carolina…
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Unknown to Albert J. Myer, January 3, 1862
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE E. O., January 3, 1862. Beaufort, S. 0., January 3, 1862. DEAR SIR: I desire to express my great confidence in your code of signals from my…