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Geo. A. McCall, December 6, 1861
HEADQUARTERS MCCALI’S DIVISION, Camp Peirpoint, Va., December 6, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that I ordered General Meade’s brigade, with Kerns’ battery and a squadron of cavalry…
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Letters from 1861
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William B. Franklin to George B. McClellan, December 6, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Williams, December 6, 1861. GENERAL: I transmit with this a report of Brigadier-General Newton on the attack made upon our pickets on Monday last. The statements in it…
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R. B. Marcy, December 4, 1861
HDQRS. BRIGADIER-GENERAL BLENKER’S DIVISION, t Hunters Chapel, December 4, 1861. – SIR: I respectfully lay before you a detailed report of the skirmish which took place in the afternoon of…
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George A. McCall to Seth Williams, November 27, 1861
HEADQUARTERS MOCALUS DIVISION, November 27, 1861. November 27, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to transmit herewith the report of Col. G. D. Bayard, First Regiment Cavalry, Pennsylvania Reserves, of…
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Chas. A. Bell to George B. McClellan, November 26, 1861
HDQRS. COMPANY F, THIRD PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY, November 26, 1861. ` Camp Marcy, November 26, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to submit to you the following report in full detail…
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E. B. Fowler to Respectfully forwarded. M RUE, November 17, 1861
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY BRIGADE, Camp Qui Vive, November 17, 1861. Respectfully forwarded. M RUE : I highly commend Major Martin, his officers and men, for this highly creditable affair. Major Ball,…
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Joseph E. Johnston to Samuel Cooper, November 28, 1861
: HEADQUARTERS, Centreville, November 28, 1861. Sir: I have the pleasure to transmit herewith the reports of three successful skirmishes by parties of our cavalry,* and respectfully invite the attention…
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Sullivan Ihave been to the front and visited all the pickets and outposts guarded by this brigade. Ihave, November 16, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DIVISION, Arlington, November 16, 1861. This report relates to an affair not creditable to the officer commanding the escort. He is not here to justify himself, but from the…
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Per John Murray to Irvin McDowell, November 16, 1861
HEADQUARTERS GENERAL KEYES’ BRIGADE, Uptows Hill, Va., November 16, 1861. It has just been reported that a foraging party sent out from this brigade this morning has been cut off.…
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Re Henry H. Lockwood to Abraham Lincoln, November 16, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Newtown, Md., November 16, 1861. GENERAL: I this morning sent Captain Knight with a flag of truce to the headquarters of the rebel force below. I inclose his letter…