Tupelo, Miss., June 13, 1862. Brig. Gen. DANIEL RUGGLEs, Commanding, dc., Grenada, Miss. : GENERAL: I am instructed to acquaint you with the following wishes of the commander of the…
Arlington Arlington, June 5, 1861. Lieutenant Tompkins behaved most gallantly in the spirited encounter in which he involved himself. He had two herses shot under him, and is now temporarily…
Rees Tupelo, Miss., June 12, 1862. Brigadier-General CHALMERS, Commanding Cavalry, &c. : GENERAL: We have information that is considered reliable by the commanding general indicating movements of large bodies of…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF F’REDERICKSBURG, Fredericksburg, Va., June 2, 1861. Sir: I have the honor to state, for the information of the commanding general, that four of the enemy’s armed steamers…
Priceville, Miss., June 11, 1862. General BEAUREGARD, Tupelo, Miss. : : GENERAL: Is it your wish that the causeway across the Old Town Oreek should be doubled, or that a…
Cincinnati Cincinnati, May 26, 1861. Colonel STEEPMAN, : Commanding Fourteenth Regiment, Marietta : You will on receipt of this cross the river and occupy Parkersburg. The Highteenth [Ohio] Regiment at…
Tupelo, Miss., June 10, 1862. Maj. Gen. MANSFIELD LOVELL Commanding Department No. 1, Jackson, Miss. : GENERAL: * * * You ask what are my future plans. They will depend…
Cincinnati Cincinnati, May 26, 1861. Colonel IRVINE, Commanding Sixteenth Regiment O. V. M., Bellaire: CoLONEL: I have to-night telegraphed you to cross to Wheeling with your command and support a…
Near Vicksburg, February 3, 1863. DEAR Stig: As it is now proper I will explain to you certain things which I think you ought to know to enable you to…
Cincinnati Cincinnati, May 26, 1861. Col. B. F. KELLEY, First Regiment Virginia Volunteers, Wheeling: If you have reliable information that bridges of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad have been burned,…