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Unknown, August 6, 1861
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, August 6, 1861. i August 6, 1861. Commanding, &e., Clarksburg, Va. : It is said that Lee intends attacking Cheat Mountain Pass. It is advisable for…
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Nathaniel P. Banks to E.D. Townsend, August 6, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, SANDY HOOK, Near Harper’s Ferry, Va., August 6, 1861. Col. E. D. TowNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General : SIR: I was much gratified to receive the order authorizing the transfer of…
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George A. McCall to S. WILLIAMS, Assistant .Adjutant-General, August 6, 1861
CAMP TENNALLY CAMP TENNALLY, August 6, 1861. Maj. S. WILLIAMS, Assistant .Adjutant-General : MAJOR: I made this morning a reconnaissance of the country reported last evening to be oceupied by…
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William S. Rosecrans to E.D. Townsend, August 4, 1861
Clarksburg, Va. Clarksburg, Va., August 4, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, Washington, D. C.: COLONEL: Lower Cheat River region appears to be entirely free of rebel forces as…
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George Stoneman to Colburn. Sno. Za, March 16, 1862
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY FORCE, Union Mills, Va., March 16, 1862. We arrived here last evening about dark. We got corn for horses; no provisions for men. Bull hun too high to…
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John W. Geary to Twenty-eighth Regt Pa. Vols, March 9, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ADVANCE BRIGADE, Leesburg, Va., March 9, 1862. SIR: On the morning of the 7th I learned there were about 1,000 infantry, some artillery, and between 200 and 300 cavalry…
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J. H. Simpson to Philip Kearny, March 16, 1862
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS, March 16, 1862. > Camp Seminary, Vä., March 16, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to make the following report of the movements of the.…
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Brigadier-General to Sangster's, March 9, 1862
: HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE, Three miles from Bull Run, March 9, 1862. SIR : On information of my scouts, &c., I felt justified in making this day a reconnaissance to…
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J. P. Benjamin, March 20, 1862
WAR DEPARTMENT, March 20, 1862. ; l Richmond, Va., March 20, 1862. GENERAL: The President requests that I should inform you that. unofficial reports have reached him of great destruction…
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Unknown to Joseph E. Johnston, March 22, 1862
HEADQUARTERS, CAMP BARTOW, V. A., March 22, 1862. SIR: In obedience to the orders of the President, conveyed through you to Major-General Holmes, on account of certain unofficial reports —…