HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, June 3, 1863. Lieutenant-General Smith directs me to say if the reports of our successes at Vicksburg prove to be correct, our communication with the east…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863—2.30 p. m. Major-General BUTTERFIELD, Chief of Staff: The force in front of Falmouth seems to have been decreased. Nothing seen but…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAQ, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863—1 p. m. Major-General CoucH, United States Ford: Third Corps is under orders to be across the river at United…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS, April 14, 1863. April 14, 1863. Colonel BUSCHBECK, COLONEL: The major-general commanding desires that as soon as the cavalry shall have crossed the river to-morrow morning, you…
GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE, April 1, 1863. No. 83. ) Washington, April 1, 1863. The new or modified forts and batteries around Washington will hereafter be known…
SPECIAL ORDERS, } WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE, January 27, 1863. No. 43. Washington, January 27, 1863. XVIII. Lieut. Col. Thomas C. Sullivan, captain and commissary of subsistence, is hereby…
Saint Joseph Saint Joseph, March 25, 1863. Sre: I have the honor to report that, since my return to this post, I have information from all parts of the district,…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, March 16, 1863. your removal. I have no knowledge, official or unofficial, in regard to the allegations of that letter. I saw it stated in…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF KANSAS, In the Field, Fort Scott, March 9, 1863. DEAR COLONEL: On my arrival here, I found several dispatches from you, relating to affairs in Western Arkansas…
Saint Louis Saint Louis, February 3, 1863. Brig. Gen. T. J. BARTHOLOW, GENERAL: By direction of the commander-in-chief, you are instructed to detail from the organized force of Enrolled Militia…