MaRTInsBurRG, V. A. MaRTInsBurRG, V. A., July 12, 1861. Col. K. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General : Dispatch of 11th received and confirms my impression expressed on 9th instant. To properly…
MARTINSBURG MARTINSBURG, July 9, 1861. Colonel CROSMAN, quartermaster, thought 900 wagons would be sufiicient to furnish subsistence and to transport ammunition to our present force. The calculation for the original…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Martinsburg, Va., via Bedford, July 8, 1861. COMMANDING OFFICER, Cumberland, Md.: Your two Pennsylvania regiments have been ordered to Cumberland, _ and placed under the. orders…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Martinsburg, Va., July 6, 1861. Sir: I telegraphed my intention to cross the Potomac on the 1st instant. I now have the honor to report my…
F Washington F Washington, July 6, 1861. General PATTERSON, Martinsburg, Va.: Governor Curtin has been requested to send two regiments of State troops (probably the two near Bedford) to Cumberland…
BUCKHANNON, V. A. BUCKHANNON, V. A., July 6, 1861. General Patterson informs me that he has ordered Wallace away from Cumberland. From what I know of the state of affairs…
MARTINSBURG, V. A. MARTINSBURG, V. A., July 5, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Have ordered up everything—Colonel Stcne, Cumberland, and Frederick foree. Large re-enforcements have come in from Manassas… R.…
Washington Washington, July 5, 1861. General R. PATTERSON : If necessary, call up the regiment left at Frederick, and I will replace it. In an extreme case, order Colonel Wallace…
MARTINSBURG MARTINSBURG, July 4, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General : Received your confidential letter by Lieutenant Jones,* of the Rhode Island Battery, and will regulate accordingly, though may…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Martinsburg, Va., July 3, 1861. Entered and passed through this place to-day in hot pursuit of the enemy. The Army was welcomed with enthusiasm by the…