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GEO. B. McCLELLAN, July 6, 1861
July 6, 1861. = renal Va., July 6, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant. General, Washington, D. Ot: COLONEL: My advance guard, consisting of the Fourth and Ninth Ohio,…
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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO, July 2, 1861
Buckhannon, Va., July 2, 1861. Brig. Gen. J. D. Cox, Camp Dennison, Ohio: GENERAL: On receipt of this you will at once assume command of the First and Second Kentucky…
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George B. McClellan to E.D. Townsend, June 23, 1861
Grafton, Va., June 23, 1861. COLONEL: Having completed as far as possible the necessary arrange ments for transportation, &c., I left Parkersburg yesterday about 1 p. m. with the Ninth…
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HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, July 20, 1861
Washington, July 20, 1861. Major-General PATTERSON, U.S. Army, Charlestown, Va.: Five Pennsylvania regiments, Colonel Paine’s Fourth Wisconsin, now at Harrisburg, and four regiments from this city, are ordered to join…
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HEADQUARTERS DEPART}ENT OF ANNAPOLIS, June 27, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPART}ENT OF ANNAPOLIS, June 27, 1861. Str: My attention has been called to a resolution purporting to have been this day passed by the late board of police commissioners,…
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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ANNAPOLIS, June 27, 1861
June 27, 1861. ’ June 27, 1861. To the People of the City of Baltimore: By virtue of authority vested in me, and in obedience to. orders, as commanding general…
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Irvin McDowell to E.D. Townsend, June 18, 1861
Arlington, June 18, 1861. I have the honor to inclose a copy of my written instructions to General Schenck, under which his movement was made yesterday afternoon. The point to…
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Lee, June 6, 1861
Staunton, Va., June 6, 1861. Col. G. A. PORTERFIELD, Commanding Virginia Forces, Beverly, Va.: COLONEL: I send you a supply of ammunition by Messrs. Trotter and Crawford, an account of…
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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO, June 3, 1861
Cincinnati, June 3, 1861. IT have just received a telegram, dated to-day, from General T. A. Morris, Indiana Volunteers, commanding United States troops at Grafton, Va., in which he says:…
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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE OBIO, May 26, 1861
Cincinnati, May 26, 1861. To the Union Men of Western Virginia: VIRGINIANS: The General Government has long enough endured the ~ machinations of a few factious rebels in your midst.…