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Unknown to Henry W. Halleck, November 19, 1861
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF KANAWHA, Camp Piney, November 19, 1861. SIR: In execution of a general plan, of which you were fully advised in my last dispatch, I succeeded [ November…
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Letters about Field Reports
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John B. Floyd to Simon Cameron, November 7, 1861
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF KANAWHA, Camp Dickerson, November 7, 1861. SIR: I asked instructions from the War Department nearly two weeks since as to the best point to be occupied by…
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W. M. S. Smith to Joseph A. J. Lightburn, November 18, 1861
HEADQUARTERS THIRTEENTH REGIMENT O. V. I., Camp Huddleston, Va., November 18, 1861. == SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by my regiment…
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J. D. COX, Brigadier-General to Ln Ls Rj Nl, November 10, 1861
Camp Gauley Mountain Camp Gauley Mountain, November 10, 1861. Major Crawford says he thinks those two regiments, or a part of them at least, are moved down again this side…
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Unknown to Simon Cameron, November 25, 1861
Camp Gauley Mountain Camp Gauley Mountain, November 25, 1861. SIR: My current series of dispatches has informed the commanding general of the principal military events in this department, including those…
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W. S. Rosecrans, October 19, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DIVISION, FORT LYON, October 19, 1861. October 19, 1861. This reconnaissance shows that the rebels are in force between Long Branch and Accotink Run, above the Telegraph road. If…
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Israel B. Richardson to George B. McClellan, October 19, 1861
HEADQUARTERS RICHARDSON’S BRIGADE, October 19, 1861. October 19, 1861. SIR: In obedience to your instructions, I left this camp yesterday at 3.30 p. m. to make a reconnaissance in the…
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Unknown, October 18, 1861
HDQRS. TWENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT PA. VOLS, Camp Tyndale, Point of Rocks, Md., October 18, 1861. SIR: On the 8th instant Maj. J. P. Gould, of the Thirteenth Massachusetts Volunteers, acting under…
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Joseph Howland to Calvin E. Pratt, October 3, 1861
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, October 3, 1861. October 3, 1861. SIR: You will take command of a detachment of 300 infantry from the regiments composing this brigade and one company of…
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Henry W. Slocum to Seth Williams, October 6, 1861
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, Alexandria, Va., October 6, 1861. SIR: I received information on the 3d instant that a body of the enemy’s cavalry was at Pohick Church, about 12 miles…