HDQRS. SEVENTY-NINTH REGIMENT NEW YORK, Camp Advance, Va., September 10, 1861. SIR: In accordance with the following instructions from the brigadier-general commanding, You will assume command of the expedition which…
Richmond, September 20, 1861. Brig. Gen. HENRY A. WISE, Gauley River, via Lewisburg, Va. : = SIR: You are instructed to turn over all the troops heretofore immediately under your…
Camp on the Road, September 12, 1861. SIR: Information had reached me for some number of days that a heavy force was advancing towards my position from the direction of…
September 13, 1861. _ SIR: In reference to the operations of the 10th instant I have to report . that the Third Brigade, acting as a reserve corps, was not…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE A. O. W. V., Camp Cox, September 21, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following as the report of the Second Brigade, in relation…
HEADQUARTERS THIRTEENTH REG? O. V. INFANTRY, September 11, 1861. je i — Camp Scott, Va., September 11, 1861. — Se: I have the honor to submit the following statement of…
September 12, 1861. : Camp Scott, September 12, 1861. «SIR: I have the honor to report as follows in relation to the operation of my brigade in the battle at…
Camp Tennally, September 5, 1861. GENERAL: In relation to my command, I have the honor to report . that the enemy having opened fire on the Seventh Infantry of this…
Washington, September 5, 1861. GENERAL: Major General McClellan has received Maj. S. G. Champlinâs report of his reconnaissance and skirmish on the 30th ultimo. The general is much pleased with…
Hunters Chapel, August 30, 1861. I have the honor to report that this morning, while reconnoitering from the top of Mrs. Hunter’s house, the enemy was observed to send off…