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HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, July 27, 1861
Washington, July 27, 1861. Major-General Banks, U. S. A., Harper’s Ferry, Va.: I have ordered Captain Newton back to you. I do not ask that you shall attempt to hold…
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HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, July 23, 1861
Washington, July 23, 1861. Brigadier-General MCDOWELL, Arlington : The General-in-Chief directs that you have a suitable escort at the Georgetown Ferry at one o’clock to-day to meet the President of…
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HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, July 21, 1861
Washington, July 21, 1861. Governor CuRTIN, Harrisburg, Pa. : Please send the Wisconsin regiment at Harrisburg to report to the general at Baltimore instead of Harper’s Ferry. Send all the…
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HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ie 21, 1861
Washington, ie 21, 1861. Brigadier-General MCDOWELL, Commanding, Ce. It is known that a strong re- diiortomont left Wihoheser on the afternoon of the 18th, which you will also have to…
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QUARTERMASTER GENERALâS OFFICE, July 18, 1861
QUARTERMASTER GENERAL’S OFFICE, Washington City, July 18, 1861. Major-General MCCLELLAN, Beverly, Va.: No surplus transportation at Leavenworth. Dickerson at Cincinnati reports two or three hundred horses on hand. [have ordered…
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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, June 28, 1861
Hagerstown, Md., June 28, 1861. Respectfully forwarded to the headquarters of the Army. The enemy have collected in large numbers on the Virginia side of the Potomac. Cmr.IX] = CORRESPONDENCE,…
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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT ANNAPOLIS, June 16, 1861
Fort McHenry, June 16, 1861. Hon. Suwon CAMERON, Secretary of War: Str: The election passed without disorder, but the fact is not a just indication of the spirit of the…
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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, June 15, 1861
Chambersburg, Pa., June 15, 1861. Gen. GEO. B. MCCLELLAN, Commanding, Cincinnati, Ohio: Colonel Wallace is threatened between Grafton and Cumberland by three thousand rebels, and asked for aid (artillery, infantry,…
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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, June 14, 1861
Chambersburg, Pa., June 14, 1861. Your note of 13th received by Lieut. O. B. Cannot cross at time indicated. Will give notice in time to make diversion. See lctter of…
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George B. McClellan to George B. McClellan, June 12, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE O8IO, Cincinnati, June 12, 1861. , Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General: CoLonnL: I have the honor to inclose for the information of the E, General-in-Chief…