HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, New York, September 13, 1861. Capt. RUFUS SAXTON, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Army: SIR: You will provide transportation in good, sound, and safe steamers for fourteen…
GENERAL ORDERS, ! HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, September 9, 1861. No. 1. New York, September 9, 1861. I. The following-named officers are announced upon the staff of the eommanding officer…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, August 27, 1861. His Excellency E. D. MoRGAN, Governor of New York: SIR: This will be handed you by Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Sherman, who will explain…
NEW YORK NEW YORK, August 20, 1861. A. A. G., U. S. A., Hdqrs. Army, Washington, D. O.: SIR: In conformity to verbal instructions of the 10th instant I have…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, August 10, 1861. General T. W. Sherman, having been charged with the preparation of an expedition to rendezvous on Long Island Sound, will, on the part of…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, August 11, 1861. SIR: You will proceed to the capitals of the States of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, and confer with the governors…
GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, April 9, 1869. No. 17. Tybee Island, Ga., April 9, 1869. The batteries established against Fort Pulaski will be manned and ready for service…
Hilton Head, S. C. Hilton Head, S. C., December 5, 1861. Brig. Gen. THOMAS W. SHERMAN, Commanding Expeditionary Corps, Hilton Head, S. C.: SIR: Should it be determined to attempt…
Hilton Head, S. O. Hilton Head, S. O., December 1, 1861. Brig. Gen. THOMAS W. SHERMAN, Commanding Expeditionary Corps, Hilton Head, S. O.: SIR : Agreeably to your orders I…
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Tybee and Cockspur Islands, April 23, 1862. GENERAL: You showed me General Viele’s report of the operations of his command on the Savannah River. As I…