GENERAL GRANTâS HEADQUARTERS, September 1, 1862. September 1, 1862â5.30 p. m. General H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief : I am weak and threatened with present forces from Humboldt to Bolivar, and…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Geofroy Department of State, Washington, September 30, 1864. Sir: With reference to the remonstrance of Messrs. Brulaton & Company, of New Orleans, against the exaction of…
Washington, August 31, 1862. Major-General GRANT, Corinth, Miss. : Could you send any more troops into Tennessee or Kentucky, east of the Cumberland, without risking your own positions ; if…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Geofroy Department of State, Washington, September 30, 1864. Sir: Your note from Montreal, of the 23d, was received here on the 26th instant. When I saw…
GENERAL GRANT’S HEADQUARTERS, August 29, 1862. August 29, 1862—7 p. m. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLEOK, General-in-Ohief : Independent forces can be organized here, and from here east to Decatur.…
[Translation.] Mr. Geofroy to Mr. Seward Montreal, Canada, September 23, 1864. Dear Sir: I have no other information in relation to that which has just occurred at Brownsville than what…
Mr. F. W. Seward. to Mr. Geofroy Department of State, Washington, September 6, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 28th ultimo…
GENERAL ROSECRANSâ HEADQUARTERS, Iuka, August 29, 1862. With your approval I propose to cover the road to Decatur by the following dispositions:* Eight companies infantry, six cavalry, and a section…
[Translation.] Mr. Geofroy to Mr. Seward.—Received September 2, 1864 [September 2, 1864] A fraudulent shipment of arms destined for Mexico took place at San Francisco at the close of the…
Washington, August 29, 1862. General ROBERT ALLEN, Chief Quartermaster, Saint Louis, Mo. : Columbus is not in the new Department of the Ohio, and Cairo was not intended to be.…