PRESIDENTâS GENERAL WAR ORDER EXECUTIVE MANSION, March 8, 1862. No. 2. Washington, March 8, 1862. Ordered, 1. That the major-general commanding the Army of the Potomac proceed forthwith to organize…
GENERAL ORDERS, BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, August 14, 1861. No. 2: Knoxville, Tenn., August 14, 1861. I am authorized to receive into the service of the Provisional Army of the Confederate States…
Jackson, August 13, 1861. SIR: In answer to your dispatch of 12th instant, the State has three artillery companies, armed and equipped, which can be placed in service at short…
August 8, 1861. a: Richmond, August 8, 1861… Maj. Gen. LEONIDAS POLK, Hdqrs. Dept No. 2, Memphis: SIR: Your letter of July 28,* by the hands of Colonel Little, has…
Knoxville, August 6, 1861. Adjt. Gen. S. COOPER, Richmond, Va. : Sir: Thomas A. R. Nelson, with.an escort of three men, supposed to be on his way to take his…
WAR DEPARTMENT, €. S. A., Richmond, July 31, 1861. General WILLIAM T. WITHERS, Camp Boone, near Clarksville, Tenn. : SIR: In reply to yours of the 24th instant, relative to…
Camp Boone, July 28, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War: Sig: Yours of the 19th instant, in which you express a willingness to accept the additional Kentucky companies…
Richmond, July 26, 1861. G. GANTT, Esq., Richmond, Va.: Sır: Your letter of July 23, written on behalf of the governor of Tennessee, has been received. With regard to the…
Camp Boone, July 25, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War : i Sir: If you should determine to call for more troops, I trust that you will bear…
Camp Boone, July 24, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War: . SIR: Inclosed please find a letter from Brigadier-General Cheatham, – ofthe Army of Tennessee, relative to small-arms…