Washington, August 11, 1861. Brig. Gen. THomAS W. SHERMAN: SIR: You will proceed to the capitals of the States of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, and confer…
April 9, 1869. No. 17. Tybee Island, Ga., April 9, 1869. The batteries established against Fort Pulaski will be manned and ready for service at break of day to-morrow. The…
HEADQUARTERS CHIEF ENGINEER’S OFFICE, Hilton Head, S. C., December 1, 1861. Brig. Gen. THomas W. SHERMAN, Commanding Expeditionary Corps, Hilton Head, S. C.: SIR: Agreeably to your orders, I proceeded…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Hilton Head, S. C., October 20, 1865. SIR : I have the honor to submit the following report, compiled from my original report to the…
Tybee and Cockspur Islands, April 23, 1862. GENERAL: You showed me General Viele’s report of the operations of his command on the Savannah River. As I was present with his…
Tybee Island, Ga., April 10, 1862. To the COMMANDING OFFICER, Fort Pulaski; SIR: I hereby demand of you the immediate surrender and restoration of Fort Pulaski to the authority and…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Ga., April 13, 1862. Sir: The flag of our country waves over Fort Pulaski, I summoned the garrison to surrender at…
HDQRS. PROVISIONAL FORCES EAST FLORIDA, Camp Langford, Fla., April 12, 1862. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report, for the information of the col3nel commanding the department, that Capt. William…
Fernandina, Fla., April 27, 1862. Report in ease of a party of men belonging to Company I, Ninth Maine Regiment, captured by the enemy on the 10th of April, 1862.—…
HDQRS. DISTRICT OF EAST AND MIDDLE FLORIDA, Tallahassee, Fla., April 15, 1862. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report to the commanding general the evacuation of Jacksonville by the enemy,…