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Showing posts with label Edward D Townsend. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Edward D Townsend. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, January 7, 1875

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HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES,           ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 7, 1875. Dear Brother: I see my name was used in the debate yesterday...
Thursday, September 8, 2022

Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, July 17, 1865

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Last Tuesday, when on board the Pawnee with the President and Cabinet, Stanton took me aside and desired to know if the Navy could not spare...
Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Abraham Lincoln to Governor Michael Hahn, March 15, 1864

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EXECUTIVE MANSION,                 Washington, D.C., March 15 , 1864 . His Excellency MICHAEL HAHN, Governor of Louisiana: Until f...
Monday, May 18, 2020

Lincoln’s Call for 300,000 Troops, December 19, 1864

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION. (Calling for 300,000 volunteers.) Whereas, by the act approve...
Thursday, June 13, 2019

Brigadier-General Benjamin F. Butler to Colonel Edward D. Townsend, April 29, 1861

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Headquarters, Department of Annapolis, April 29th, 1861 Col. E. D. TownsEND , Asst. Adj. Gen’l., Headquarters of the Army, WASHINGTON, ...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Assistant Adjutant General Edward D. Townsend to Major-General John Wool, April 28, 1861

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Washington, D. C ., April 28,1861. General , — The General-in-Chief directs me to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 25th instan...
Saturday, February 17, 2018

Abraham Lincoln’s General Orders, No. 232, July 19, 1864

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GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 232. WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE,           Washington, July 19, 1864. For five hundred thousand vol...
Friday, February 9, 2018

Edwin M. Stanton to Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant, January 6, 1865 – 3 p.m.

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FORT MONROE, January 6 , 1865 — 3 p.m. General GRANT: I arrived here an hour ago en route for Savannah, by way of Hilton Head, and...
Sunday, January 7, 2018

Senator Salmon P. Chase to Senator Charles Sumner, June 28, 1851

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Toledo , June 28, 1851. My Dear Sumner , We had a glorious time at Ravenna. Fifteen hundred or two thousand people were present. The be...
Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Colonel Edward D. Townsend to Major-General Ambrose Burnside, June 10, 1863

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WAR DEPARTMENT,           Washington City, June 4 , 1863 . Major-General BURNSIDE, U.S. Volunteers, Cincinnati, Ohio: A note, of ...
Thursday, September 29, 2016

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Fessenden Morse: May 23, 1865

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Headquarters Second Mass. Inf'y, Near Alexandria , May 23, 1865. I have been sorely exercised for the last few days on account of...
Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Major-General John A. Dix to Colonel Edward Davis Townsend, July 24, 1861

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Head-quarters, Deportment of Maryland. Fort McHenry, July 24,1861. Colonel E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant-general, Head-quarters ...
Saturday, August 22, 2015

Major-General John Sedgwick to Colonel Edward Davis Townsend, December 16, 1863

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Headquarters 6th Army Corps, Welford's Ford, Virginia, December 16, 1863. My dear Townsend: There is a change proposed in the...