HDQRS. FIRST MIL. DIST., DEP’T OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Georgetown, December 6, 1861. Maj. T. A. WASHINGTON, Department Adjutant- General : MAJOR: Yours of the 3d received * this morning. The…
Charleston, December 5, 1861. Capt. T. A. WASHINGTON, Coosawhatchie : CAPTAIN: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from the commanding general of the 4th, and…
Ooosawhatchie, December 4, 1861. General R. S. RIPLEY, Commanding, &c., Oharleston, 8. O.: GENERAL: Will you please inform me whether the Marion Artillery mentioned in your letter of the 4th,*…
Coosawhatchie, S. O., December 3, 1861. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War, Richmond, Va.: SIR: In a letter received to-day from Col. John S. Preston, whom I had assigned…
November 27, 1861. November 27, 1861—7 a. m. [Brig. Gen. THOMAS F. DRAYTON :] GENERAL: The expedition to Bull Island, about which I wrote you, left here last night about…
Bluffton, November 26, 1861. Brigadier-General DRAYTON, Hardeeville : GENERAL: I sent out a guard boat last night, under command of Sergeant Mikell; he returned this morning with a boat load…
Coosawhatchie, November 26, 1861. General B. S. RIPLEY, P. A., Charleston, S. O.: SIR: The commanding general directs me to say that the enemy can land on all the islands…
Charleston, November 26, 1861. Capt. T. A. WASHINGTON, Assistant Adjutant-General, Coosawhatchie : CAPTAIN: I have received a dispatch from Lieutenant-Colonel Black that he has received reliable information that the enemy…
November 21, 1861. No. 2. Coosawhatchie, S. O., November 21, 1861. I. In consequence of the general scarcity of ammunition, the general commanding desires to impress upon the commanders of…
Coosawhatchie, November 18, 1861. Oapt. T. A. WASHINGTON, Assistant Adjutant- General : CAPTAIN: Being about to repair to Charleston, in obedience to the orders of the general commanding, I have…