John W. Geary to Twenty-eighth Regt Pa. Vols, March 9, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ADVANCE BRIGADE, Leesburg, Va., March 9, 1862. SIR: On the morning of the 7th I learned there were about 1,000 infantry, some artillery, and between 200 and 300 cavalry…
HEADQUARTERS ADVANCE BRIGADE, Leesburg, Va., March 9, 1862. SIR: On the morning of the 7th I learned there were about 1,000 infantry, some artillery, and between 200 and 300 cavalry…
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS, March 16, 1862. > Camp Seminary, Vä., March 16, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to make the following report of the movements of the.…
: HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE, Three miles from Bull Run, March 9, 1862. SIR : On information of my scouts, &c., I felt justified in making this day a reconnaissance to…
WAR DEPARTMENT, March 20, 1862. ; l Richmond, Va., March 20, 1862. GENERAL: The President requests that I should inform you that. unofficial reports have reached him of great destruction…
HEADQUARTERS, CAMP BARTOW, V. A., March 22, 1862. SIR: In obedience to the orders of the President, conveyed through you to Major-General Holmes, on account of certain unofficial reports —…
HEADQUARTERS HOOKER’S DIVISION, Camp Baker, Lower Potomac, Md., March 11, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that the rebel batteries at Cockpit Point were entirely destroyed yesterday. The…
HEADQUARTERS HOOKER’S DIVISION, March 10, 1862. , Camp Baker, Lower Potomac, Md., March 10, 1862. GENERAL: I have nothing important to add to the advices sent you yesterday concerning the…
HEADQUARTERS HOOKER’S DIVISION, Camp Baker, Lower Potomac, Md., March 9, 1862. I am directed by the brigadier-general commanding the division to request that you will detach 500 men, with instructions…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, BUNKER HILL, VA., March 6, 1862. “+ MAJOR: I reported yesterday afternoon my arrival here. We found a small picket of cavalry and a few infantry, several…
HEADQUARTERS DETACHED BRIGADE, May 14, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the movements of my command, both personal and temporarily enlarged, from the moment…