Order
Samuel Cooper to Army Officers, March 29, 1864
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 29, 1864. No. 40. Richmond, March 29, 1864. I. The enlistment of deserters is a serious evil in the service. The attention…
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Letters from 1864
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Unknown to James A. Seddon, March 15, 1864
RALEIGH RALEIGH, March 15, 1864. Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War: Sir: I had the honor to receive this morning your letter of the 12th instant requesting me to…
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W. M. D. Green to Eugene A. Carr, September 10, 1864
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Tittle Rock, Ark., September 10, 1864. Brig. Gen. E. A. CARR, Commanding District of Little Rock, Little Rock, Ark.: GENERAL: The major-general commanding directs that you…
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Cc. C. Washburn to William Crooks, September 10, 1864
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE, Memphis, Tenn., September 10, 1864. Col. WILLIAM CROOKS, Commanding District, Helena: CoLONEL: Yours of the 5th to Major Morgan is received. My troops are all…
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William T. Sherman to A. G. Hall, September 10, 1864
HEADQUARTERS DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, September 10, 1864. Lieut. Col. A. G. HALL, Fort Pike: You will make an expedition up Pearl River after the jayhawkers you speak…
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Unknown to Frederic Speed, September 10, 1864
BONNET CARRE BONNET CARRE, September 10, 1864. (Received 10 a. m.) Capt. FREDERIC SPEED, Assistant Adjutant-General : Lieutenant Flint, from the 18-mile detachment, reports that Gonzales’ company of guerrillas came…
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Robert A. Cameron to G. B. Drake, September 10, 1864
THIBODEAUX THIBODEAUX, September 10, 1864. Maj. G. B. DRAKE, Assistant Adjutant-General : The guns captured by Major Conover from the guerrilla robbers were shotguns, nothing more.* I hope I did…
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Robert A. Cameron to Frederio Speed, September 10, 1864
Thibodeaux, La. Thibodeaux, La., September 10, 1864. Capt. FREDERIO SPEED, Assistant Adjutant-General, Defenses of New Orleans : Your communication of the 5th instant is at hand, but the pressure of…
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Frederic Speed to R, A. Cameron, September 10, 1864
HEADQUARTERS DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, September 10, 1864. Brig. Gen. R, A. CAMERON, Commanding La Fourche District: The general commanding directs me to inform you that near the…
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K. R. S. Canby to Joseph J. Reynolds, September 10, 1864
New Orleans, La. New Orleans, La., September 10, 1864. Maj. Gen. J. J. REYNOLDS, Commanding Nineteenth Corps: GENERAL: You will proceed with as little delay as possible to the headquarters…