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Geo. D. Bayard, May 14, 1862
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY BRIGADE, Camp McDowell, Va., May 14, 1862. Sm: I have the honor to report that in obedience to orders I started the sloop which was captured a day…
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W. H. Jenifer, May 12, 1862
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Success, Va., May 12, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit my report, in reference to my vrigade, of the battle of Giles Court-House, which took place…
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Unknown to General, May 16, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NEW RIVER, Giles Oourt-House, Va., May 16, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the battle of Giles Court-House, fought on the…
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Www. C. Scott, May 5, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE NORTHWEST, Camp at Valley Mills, Va., May 5, 1862. Brigade commanders will cause the different regiments and independent companies of their respective commands to have cooked…
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E. Johnson to A. Smead, April 22, 1862
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, Camp at Valley Mills, Va., April 22, 1862. Commandants of brigades will cause all company officers of the regiments and captains of their commands to quarter with…
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General Johnson to A. Smead, April 21, 1862
ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, April 21, 1862. No. —. Camp at Valley Mills, Va., April 21, 1862. I. The troops of this command will be divided into two brigades; the…
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W. M. B. Taliaferro to R. L. Dabney, May 16, 1862
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, Valley District, Va., May 16, 1862. Magor: I have the honor, in obedience to the instructions of the major-general commanding, to make the following report of the…
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Thomas J. Jackson to Samuel Cooper, May 10, 1862
Via Staunton, Va. Via Staunton, Va., May 10, 1862. General S. COOPER, Adjutant-General : God blessed our arms with victory at McDowell yesterday. T. J. JACKSON, Major-General. Hpagrs. SECOND Corps,…
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Robert C. Schenck to George B. McClellan, May 14, 1862
HDQRS. SCHENCK’S BRIGADE, MOUNTAIN DEPARTMENT, Camp Franklin, May 14, 1862. Thave had the honor in my dispatehes, heretofore transmitted through you, to inform the general commanding of my march with…
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J. Fremont to Edwin M. Stanton, May 13, 1862
MOUNTAIN DEPARTMENT, HDQRS. ARMY IN FIELD, Franklin, May 13, 1862. Arrived here at 10 a.m. with my advance brigade. Find Jackson retreating. Loss on our side, killed and wounded, at…