Camp Lee, Pocotaligo, November 16, 1861. SIR: On the 26th of October last I assumed command of the forces Btationed on Bay Point Island, consisting of three companies of the…
HDQRS. NINTH [ELEVENTH] REGIMENT S. C. VOLS., amp Lee, November 12, 1861. SIR: The following is respectfully submitted as a report of the part taken in the defense of Fort…
November 11, 1861. Hilton Head, S. 0., November 11, 1861. SrR: In addition to my report of the 8th instant, and after a more perfect examination into details, I have…
Port Royul, S. O., November 8, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to report that the force under my command embarked at Annapolis, Md., on the 21st October, and arrived…
August 12, 1861. No. 1. Rockville, August 12, 1861. By virtue of orders from Headquarters Division of Potomac, dated August 10, 1861, the undersigned assumes command of the forces of…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, Md., August 12, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, Headquarters of the Army : COLONEL: The importance of this city, not only in its…
Washington, August 11, 1861. GENERAL: I have to request that you will proceed with the force placed under your command to the vicinity of Poolesville, and there observe the Potomac…
Fort McHenry, Md., August 7, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General, Headquarters of the Army: COLONEL: lreceived the telegraphie dispateh of the General-in-Chief, to send General King and…
Washington, August 7, 1861. Brig. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Commanding Department of the Ohio, Clarksburg, Va.: General Dix telegraphs that he is reliably informed that Lee and Johnston are actually…
CLARKSBURG, VA. CLARKSBURG, VA., August 6, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, Washington : Tell General Scott his dispatch is received. I have ordered the Seventeenth Indiana to Beverly,…