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Breer a to J. B. Magruder, July 15, 1861
HEADQUARTERS OF THE FORCES, Richmond, Va., July 15, 1861. Brig. Gen. J. B. MAGRUDER, Commanding, &e., Yorktown, Va.: GENERAL: I have had the gratification of receiving your letter of the…
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Letters about Field Reports
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John B. "hood to George B. Cosby, July 12, 1861
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CAMP, Near Bethel, Va., July 12, 1861. Sie: I have the honor to inform you that I left my camp on yesterday afternoon, at 7 o’clock, with a…
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Henry A. Wise to E.D. Townsend, July 19, 1861
BEVERLY BEVERLY, July 19, 1861. Cox checked on the Kanawha. Has fought something between a victory and a defeat. A wounded colonel of ours taken prisoner, and a possibility of…
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George B. McClellan to E.D. Townsend, July 19, 1861
BEVERLY, V. A. BEVERLY, V. A., July 19, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND: One of Cox’s regiments, Second Kentucky, defeated and drove 600 of Wise’s men out of Barboursville, Cabell…
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General Garnett to Scort, July 11, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT N. W. 4., Camp at Laurel Hill, July 11, 1861. Colonel Scort, : Commanding Regiment en route to Laurel Hill: COLONEL: I am directed by General Garnett to…
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Unknown to William C. Scott, March 6, 1862
MONTEREY MONTEREY, March 6, 1862. Col. WiLLIAM C. Scott, Forty-fourth Regiment Virginia Volunteers : CoLONEL: Your letter, dated Powhatan Court-House, February 28, requesting me to state in my reply what…
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James L. Corley to Scort, July 11, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT N. W. A, Camp at Laurel Hill, July 11, 1861. Colonel Scort, Commanding Regiment en route to Laurel Mill: COLONEL: General Garnett directs that you return to Beverly…
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Unknown to Thomas J. Jackson, July 16, 1861
HEADQUARTERS OF THE FORCES, Richmond, Va., July 16, 1861. GENERAL: In the dispatch of the 14th instant you were directed to take command of the available troops of the Northwestern…
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Henry R. Jackson to J. N. Ramsey, Colonel, July 17, 1861
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Camp near Monterey, Va., July 17, 1861. J. N. RAMSEY, Colonel, Commanding, &e.: Sir: Your note of yesterday is at hand. I am surprised and pained to learn…
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J. N. Ramsey to Johnson, July 16, 1861
PETERSBURG, V. A. PETERSBURG, V. A., July 16, 1861. Colonel JOHNSON: ‘My command is here, marching to Harrisonburg. We have suffered awfully. Not many men were killed by the enemy,…