HEADQUARTERS SECOND VERMONT BRIGADE, Fairfax Oourt-House, Va., December 29, 1862. _Captain: f{ have the honor to report that the enemy’s cavalry, consisting of Generals Lee’s and Stuart’s brigades and one…
HEADQUARTERS PROVISIONAL BRIG4 DES, December 31, 1862. 568 14th Street, Washington, D. C., December 31, 1862. Srm: I have the honor to inclose General Stoughton’s and Colonel D’Utassy’s reports of…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY BRIGADE, Chantilly, Va., December 30, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that, according to a telegram received from you, I started with my whole available force…
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTH ARMY CORPS, Baltimore, Md., December 25, 1862. Just received the following telegram from Brigadier-General Kelley, at Cumberland : Lieutenant Vermilyea, First New York Cavalry, with 40 men, went…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY BRIGADE, Camp near Stafford Oourt-House, Va., December 23, 1862. Sir: I have the honor to report that, in compliance with orders emanating from assistant adjutant-general’s office, dated Stafford…
HEADQUARTERS FIRST CAVALRY BRIGADE, December 24, 1862. December 24, 1862. Respectfully forwarded. At 5.30 p. m. on the 21st instant, a detail from the different regiments of this brigade, of…
FREDERICKSBURG, V. A. FREDERICKSBURG, V. A., December 21, 1862. General Hampton, who was sent to the rear of enemy, penetrated Occoquan ; reports Slocum at Fairfax, Geary at Manassas, and…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY DIVISION, December 19, 1862. December 19, 1862. Respectfully forwarded. Brigadier-General Hampton, with a com mand thinly clad and scantily fed, displayed, amid the rigors of winter and on…
HEADQUARTERS HAMPTON’S CAVALRY BRIGADE, Culpeper County, Va., December 15, 1862. MaJor: On the 10th instant, with detachments from the First South Carolina Regiment, under Lieutenant-Colonel [J. D.] Twiggs; Second South…
FREDERICKSBURG, V. A. FREDERICKSBURG, V. A., December 13, 1862. General Hampton reports that he entered Dumfries at daylight yesterday ; captured 50 prisoners and 20 wagons, with stores; brought them…