HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD, Franklin, May 20, 1862. Lieutenant-Colonel Downey, sent to Wardensville after the party of guerrillas who murdered a party of officers, zouaves, and convalescent soldiers on their…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW RIVER, Wytheville, Va., May 6, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit my report of a skirmish with the enemy near Princeton, Va., on the…
CHARLESTON CHARLESTON, May 2, 1862. Colonel Scammon’s advance guard had a skirmish with about 300 rebels at Camp Creek, a fork of Blue Stone, yesterday morning. Six of the enemy…
WHEELING WHEELING, April 23, 1862. General Kelley sends this evening the following dispatch from Lieutenant-Colonel Downey, in command at Romney: Twenty-five of Firey’s and Shaw’s cavalry encountered Colonel Parsons with…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Camp Spottsylvania, April 20, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that Lieut. Col. W. H. F. Lee has just arrived in my camp, and makes the…
HEADQUARTERS AQUIA DISTRICT, April 20, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the following report of my recent movements, terminating in the evacuation of Fredericks. burg: . My brigade…
Richmond, Va. Richmond, Va., April 19, 1862. Commanding, &c., near Fredericksburg, Va.: GENERAL: Your letter of the 17th instant is received.* I desire that you shall do everything in your…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, April 19, 1862. Seven miles from Fredericksburg, on Telegraph Road, April 19, 1862—6 a. m. GENERAL: I reached this point with my brigade yesterday about neon. A very…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK, Aquia, April 28, 1862. I sent up by to-day’s boat 17 prisoners, taken by our troops in their advance on Fredericksburg. They are mostly of…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 17, 1862. To you and to the forces under your command the Department returns thanks for the brilliant and successful operations of this day. EDWIN M.…