HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH CORPS, Harper’s Ferry, Va., December 4, 1862. About.4,000 infantry and artillery, under General Geary, started on @ reconnaissance Tuesday morning, with instructions to go to Winchester, if deemed…
HEADQUARTERS LEFT WING, December 5, 1862. December 5, 1862. Respectfully forwarded. I have already recommended the dishonorable dismissal of the officer implicated, believing that this summary punishment of officers is…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY DIVISION, December 5, 1862. December 5, 1862. Respectfully forwarded. sal Considering the perils attending such an expedition, the boldness of its inception was no less creditable to the…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, December 3, 1862. December 3, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that, in obedience to your instructions, I this day proceeded to the…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALEY BRIGADE, December 4, 1862. December 4, 1862. GENERAL: Your dispatch of this date received. In answer, I beg to inform you that I sent the Eighth New York…
HEADQUARTERS OAVALRY BRIGADE, December 3, 1862. December 3, 1862. GENERAL: Another detachment of some 15 men have returned from the squadron at Leeds, with Lieutenant Baker in charge. This party…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY BRIGADE, December 2, 1862. December 2, 1862. COLONEL : Colonel Gregg, at King George Court-House, reports that a squadron of his regiment, detached and doing duty at Leeds’…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY BRIGADE, Chantilly, December 1, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor of transmitting the following report of the reconnaissance in which my brigade took part: ‘The first day my…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY DIVISION, November 29, 1862. November 29, 1862. Respectfully forwarded. General Hampton and his gallant command deserve the highest praise for this handsome affair, and are warmly commended to…
HEADQUARTERS CENTER GRAND DIVISION, Camp near Potomac Creek, Va., November 30, 1862. COLONEL: I have the honor to inclose herewith, for the information of the major-general commanding the Army of…