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Showing posts with label Ft Pickens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ft Pickens. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Brigadier-General Braxton Brag to his Eliza Ellis Bragg, March 11, 1861

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[Pensacola, Florida, March 11, 1861.] My dear Wife: We left New Orleans on Friday. Saturday night at 12 o'clock we reached here, after...
Tuesday, January 5, 2021

1st Lieutenant Adam J. Slemmer to Lieutenant-Colonel Lorenzo Thomas, March 18,1861

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FORT PICKENS, FLA. , March 18 , 1861 . Lieut. Col. L. THOMAS, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army: SIR: I have the honor to report t...

Brigadier-General Braxton Bragg to 1st Lieutenant Adam J. Slemmer, March 13, 1861

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HEADQUARTERS TROOPS OF CONFEDERATE STATES,      Near Pensacola, Fla., March 13, 1861.  To the U. S. OFFICER  commanding Fort Pickens, Fla.:...

1st Lieutenant Adam J. Slemmer to Brigadier-General Braxton Bragg, March 13, 1861

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FORT PICKENS, FLA., March 13, 1861.  General BRAXTON BRAGG, Comdg. the forces, &c., near Pensacola, Fla.: SIR: Your communication of th...

Brigadier-General Braxton Bragg to 1st Lieutenant Adam J. Slemmer, March 13, 1861

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HEADQUARTERS TROOPS OF CONFEDERATE STATES,        Near Pensacola, Fla., March 13, 1861.  Lieut. ADAM J. SLEMMER, Commanding Fort Pickens: ...

1st Lieutenant Adam J. Slemmer to Brigadier-General Braxton Bragg, March 15, 1861

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FORT PICKENS, FLA., March 15, 1861. Brig. Gen. BRAXTON BRAGG, Comdg. Forces C.S., near Pensacola, Fla.: SIR: I placed yesterday your commu...
Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Major-General Braxton Bragg to Elisa Ellis Bragg, March 11, 1861

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[Pensacola, Florida, March 11, 1861.] My dear Wife: We left New Orleans on Friday. Saturday night at 12 o'clock we reached here, after a...
Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Jonathan Worth to Johnson and Farnsworth, May 22, 1861

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ASHEBORO, May 22nd, 1861 . This State is now a perfect unit as the North seems to be. No man desired or worked harder than myself to prese...
Monday, July 8, 2019

Diary of William Howard Russell: July 17, 1861

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I went up to General Scott's quarters, and saw some of his staff — young men, some of whom knew nothing of soldiers, not even the enfor...
Friday, April 26, 2019

Captain Quincy A. Gillmore to Brigadier-General Thomas W. Sherman, December 30, 1861

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[Copy] Confidential Office of Chief Engineer Ex Corps Hilton Head S.C. Dec. 30" 1861 Brig, Genl" T. W. Sherman Commandin...
Thursday, April 19, 2018

Diary of William Howard Russell: July 2, 1861

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At early dawn this morning, looking out of the sleeping car, I saw through the mist a broad, placid river on the right, and on the left hig...
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Gustavus V. Fox to Dr. Lowery, April 3, 1861

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Washington D.C. Ap. 3 d 61 Dr Lowery— My expedition is ordered to be got ready, but I doubt if we shall get off. Delay, indecision...
Sunday, March 25, 2018

Brevet Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott to Brevet Colonel Harvey Brown, April 1, 1861

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HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,           Washington, April 1 , 1861 . Bvt.. Col. HARVEY BROWN, U. S Army, Washington, D. C.: SIR: You ...
Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, June 27, 1863

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A telegram last night informed me of the death of Admiral Foote. The information of the last few days made it a not unexpected event, yet t...
Saturday, May 13, 2017

3rd Sergeant Charles Wright Wills: December 1, 1861

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Bird's Point, Mo. , December 1, 1861. This, the beginning of winter, is the warmest and altogether the most pleasant day we have ha...
Sunday, April 30, 2017

Abraham Lincoln’s Message to the United States Congress, July 4, 1861

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FELLOW-CITIZENS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: Having been convened on an extraordinary occasion, as authorized by the Cons...