GRAFTON GRAFTON, July 24, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General : Cheat River region is stripped of troops except one regiment. One, diverted from Huttonsville, went to Oakland last…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, July 23, 1861. Brigadier-General MCDOWELL, Commanding, &c., Arlington, Va: Col. E. D, Keyes sends word he is at Ohio camps with the well part of…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, 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…
et HeEapguagrers Army et HeEapguagrers Army, July 22, 1861. General McDowEL1, U. S. A., Arlington: General Scott says it is eke intended you should reduce your com ea Ri mand…
ALEXANDRIA ALEXANDRIA, July 22, 1861. Col. T. A. Scott: General Scott’s last instructions to me last night, before I retreated, was to retire to our camps in Washington. Is this…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY HEADQUARTERS ARMY, July 22, 1861. Colonel McCunn, Thirty-seventh New York, Fairfax Station : Come in with the regiments with you and Colonel Woodbury to your camps in Washington,
ALEXANDRIA ALEXANDRIA, July 22, 1861. Hon. S. CAMERON: Str: There are about seven thousand men here without officers. Nothing but confusion. Please tell me what I shall do with my…
Washington, D. O. Washington, D. O., July 22, 1861. General GEORGE B, MCCLELLAN, Beverly, Va. : Circumstances make your presence here necessary. Charge Rosecraus or some other general with your…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, 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…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY, Washington HEADQUARTERS ARMY, Washington, July 21, 1861. General Runyon, Alexandria: Let the two New Jersey regiments remain at Fairfax Station, as General McDowell must know they are there,…