WAR DEPARTMENT, May 1 , 1862 . Major-General BANKS: The President directs that you fall back with the force under your immediate co...

CAMP NEAR ALEXANDRIA, Sunday, April 6, 1862. In my last letter I told you of the change in our destination, and surmised the causes. Ye...

HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK, May 24 , 1862 . (Received 6 p.m.) Hon. E. M. STANTON: The President's order has been...

WASHINGTON, April 4. – Attorney General Bates has given his opinion that acts of January, and August, 1813, granting pensions for wounds or...