James A. Garfield to Citizens of the Sandy Valley, January 16, 1862
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, Paintsville, Ky., January 16, 1862. Citizens of the Sandy Valley: I have come among you to restore the honor of the Union, and to bring back the…
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, Paintsville, Ky., January 16, 1862. Citizens of the Sandy Valley: I have come among you to restore the honor of the Union, and to bring back the…
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, Camp Buell, Paintsville, Ky., January 17, 1862. DEAR SIR: In my last report to you reasons were given why I did not move forward to Prestonburg with…
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, Camp Buell, Paintsville, January 14, 1862. DEAR SIR: At the date of my last report (January 8) I was preparing to pursue the enemy. The transportation of…
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH BRIGADE, Paintsville, Ky., January 8, 1862. DEAR SIR: On Sunday, January 5, I drove in several small scouting parties of the enemy, killing 1 of them. On Monday,…
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH DRIGADE, Camp Pardee, January 4, 1862. DEAR SIR: Shortly after the date of my last report to you, of December 26, I received intelligence that the enemy had…
Louisville Louisville, January 14, 1862. Colonel Garfield, ecmmanding Eighteenth Brigade, reports that on the 7th instant he attacked and drove the enemy from his intienchments at Paintsville, killing 3 and…
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FOROES, North Edisto, S. C., April 9, 1862. Lieut. A. B. ELY, A. A. A. G., Hdqrs. Northern Dist., Dept. of the South: I have the honor…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Hilton Head, Port Royal, S. C., April 8, 1862. Flag-Officer SAMUEL F. DuPont, Commanding South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, On Board U. S. S. Wabash :…
HDQRS. NORTHERN DISTRICT, DEPT. OF THE SOUTH, s Hilton Head, S. C., April 5, 1862. Flag-Officer S. F. DuPont, Commanding South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, Port Royal Harbor, S. C.: CoMMODORE:…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Hilton Head, Port Royal, S. C., April 3, 1862. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War : SIR: I have the honor to report my…