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HEADQUARTERS VIRGINIA FORCES, May 22, 1861
Richmond, Va., May 22, 1861. General GWYNN: Call on the governor of North Carolina for the force you require to the full extent. Two hundred laborers are on the way…
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Letters about Military Correspondence
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John A. Stein to The failure to capture the entire rebel force can only be attributed to, June 2, 1861
Grafton, W. Va., June 2, 1861. Colonel DUMONT, Comdg. Seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers, near Grafton, Va.: CoLoNEL: You will proceed by railroad this evening at 8.30 o’clock to Webster, with…
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HEADQUARTERS VIRGINIA FORCES, May 21, 1861
Richmond, Va., May 21, 1861. Col. J. A. EARLY, Commanding, &e., Lynchburg, Va.: Str: As fast as you issue arms and ammunition to the companies mustered in at Lynchburg by…
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; John A. Stein to After leaving the cars the distance to Philippi was about twenty-five, June 7, 1861
Grafton, W. Va., June 7, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that I arrived at Grafton on the evening of the 1st day of June, and found that…
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Kelley, who conducted the movement on Philippi with marked, June 10, 1861
Cincinnati, Ohio, June 10, 1861. Sie: Inclosed I have the honor to forward the report of Brig. Gen. T. A. Morris, Indiana Volunteers, commanding the U. 8. volunteer forces in…
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Unknown, June 3, 1861
Cincinnati, June 3, 1861. IT have just received a telegram, dated to-day, from General T. A. Morris, Indiana Volunteers, commanding United States troops at Grafton, Va., in which he says:…
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HEADQUARTERS VIRGINIA FORCES, May 20, 1861
fia Richmond, Va., May 20, 1861. Commanding, &e., Gloucester Point, Va.: CoLONEL: As I see, from your letter of the 19th instant, that no – increase to your force has…
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M. L. Bonham to Dept. of Alexandria, June 2, 1861
June 2, 1861. Camp Pickens, Va., June 2, 1861. Str: The reports of the attack on Fairfax Court-House by the enemy’s cavalry, on the 1st instant, from Colonels Ewell and…
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James B. Fry to MANASSAS JUNCTION, VA., June 1, 1861, June 5, 1861
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 disabled…
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R. E. Lee, May 19, 1861
Richmond, Va., May 19, 1861. JOHN T. SEAWELL, Esq., Gloucester Oourt-House, Va.: Str: Your letter of the 15th instant isin: hand. The engineers who examined York River considered Gloucester Point…