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Unknown, November 12, 1861
HDQRS. NINTH [ELEVENTH] REGIMENT S. C. VOLS., amp Lee, November 12, 1861. SIR: The following is respectfully submitted as a report of the part taken in the defense of Fort…
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Letters from 1861
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T. W. Sherman to The ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, November 11, 1861
November 11, 1861. Hilton Head, S. 0., November 11, 1861. SrR: In addition to my report of the 8th instant, and after a more perfect examination into details, I have…
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T. W. Sherman to Proclamation, November 8, 1861
Port Royul, S. O., November 8, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to report that the force under my command embarked at Annapolis, Md., on the 21st October, and arrived…
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Unknown, August 12, 1861
August 12, 1861. No. 1. Rockville, August 12, 1861. By virtue of orders from Headquarters Division of Potomac, dated August 10, 1861, the undersigned assumes command of the forces of…
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John A. Dix to E.D. Townsend, August 12, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, Md., August 12, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, Headquarters of the Army : COLONEL: The importance of this city, not only in its…
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: GEO. B. McCLELLAN to HEADQUARTERS, August 12, 1861, August 11, 1861
Washington, August 11, 1861. GENERAL: I have to request that you will proceed with the force placed under your command to the vicinity of Poolesville, and there observe the Potomac…
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John A. Dix to War DEPARTMENT, August 7, 1861
Fort McHenry, Md., August 7, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General, Headquarters of the Army: COLONEL: lreceived the telegraphie dispateh of the General-in-Chief, to send General King and…
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Unknown to William S. Rosecrans, August 7, 1861
Washington, August 7, 1861. Brig. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Commanding Department of the Ohio, Clarksburg, Va.: General Dix telegraphs that he is reliably informed that Lee and Johnston are actually…
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Unknown to E.D. Townsend, August 6, 1861
CLARKSBURG, VA. CLARKSBURG, VA., August 6, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, Washington : Tell General Scott his dispatch is received. I have ordered the Seventeenth Indiana to Beverly,…
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Nathaniel P. Banks to Edward D. Townsend, August 6, 1861
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 stores, &c.,…