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Samuel P. Heintzelman to Ehe Ed, February 24, 1862
HEADQUARTERS DIVISION, Camp Lyon, February 24, 1862—2 p. m.. GENERAL: This morning an attack was made on our pickets about a mile beyond Pohick Church, at Lewis Chapel, with what…
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Letters from 1862
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M. Friedman to William F. Smith, February 22, 1862
HEADQUARTERS CAMERON DRAGOONS, Camp Griffin, Va., February 22, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to report that in accordance with your orders I left camp at 3.30 o’clock this morning,…
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J. L. Moss to L. D. H. Currie, February 8, 1862
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Grifin, Va., February 8, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to submit for the consideration of the commanding general of the division the following report’ of the operations…
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L. D. H. Currie, February 8, 1862
HEADQUARTERS SMITH’S DIVISION, Camp Griffin, Va., February 8, 1862. GENERAL: In pursuance of your orders I proceeded yesterday morning with the cavalry, consisting of five squadrons, under command of AA…
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E. Siber to Lorenzo Thomas, January 4, 1862
QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE, Monterey, Va., January 4, 1862. CAPTAIN: I write to say that the Yankees, some 4,000 or 5,000 strong, have taken possession cf Huntersville, and our forces, some 250…
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E. Johnson to Harman, January 2, 1862
CAMP ALLEGHANY CAMP ALLEGHANY, January 2, 1862. Colonel HARMAN: The enemy are at Greenbrier in considerable force. I think it likely I shall be attacked in the morning.” We are…
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Benjamin F. Kelley to Lorenzo Thomas, January 17, 1862
: HEADQUARTERS, Cumberland, Md., January 17, 1862. GENERAL: I herewith inclose you Colonel Dunning’s report of the expedition to Blue’s Gap on the 8th [7th] instant. ; I am happy…
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Thomas J. Jackson to Thomas G. Rhett, February 21, 1862
HEADQUARTERS VALLEY DISTRICT, Winchester, Va., February 21, 1862. MAJOR: In obedience to prders from the War Department, I arrived here on November 4 last and assumed command of the Valley…
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N. G. Evans, March 7, 1862
HEADQUARTERS THIRD MILITARY DISTRICT, S. C., Adams Run, S. C., March 7, 1862. SIR: As I see by the newspapers that a resolution has passed the Confederate Congress calling for…
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Charles P. Stone to Seth Williams, September 7, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, September 7, 1862. September 7, 1862. SIR: I have been applied to by General Stone for permission to serve with the Army during the impending…