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Showing posts with label Robert Patterson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert Patterson. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Diary of Adam Gurowski: July 1861

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It seems to me that the destinies of this admirable people are in strange hands. Mr. Lincoln, honest man of nature, perhaps an empiric, doct...
Saturday, September 7, 2024

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel John Beatty: July 18, 1861

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This afternoon, when riding down to Huttonville, I met three or four hundred sorry-looking soldiers. They were without arms. On inquiry, I f...
Thursday, December 5, 2019

Brigadier-General Benjamin F. Butler to Major-General Robert Patterson, May 1, 1861

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DRAFT. Dept. of Annapolis, May 1st, 1861 Major General PATTERSON SIR: You will find enclosed an open letter from General Scott. ...
Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Diary of William Howard Russell: July 20, 1861

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The great battle which is to arrest rebellion, or to make it a power in the land, is no longer distant or doubtful. McDowell has completed ...
Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Major Fitz John Porter to Brigadier-General Benjamin F. Butler, April 29, 1861

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PHILADELPHIA, PA., April 29th, 1861 To Maj. [ sic ] Gen’l. B. F. BUTLER, Commanding Department of Annapolis GENERAL: I trust tha...
Monday, July 8, 2019

Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott to Brigadier-General Benjamin F. Butler, April 29, 1861

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Headquarters of the Army, WASHINGTON, April 29th, 1861 Brig. Gen. BUTLER SIR: I was happy to receive Col. Butler last night, the bear...

Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott to Major-General Robert Patterson, April 29, 1861

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Headquarters of the Army, WASHINGTON, April 29th, 1861 Maj. Gen. PATTERSON SIR: I wrote to you by Major Porter on the 27th, and also ...

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...
Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Major-General Robert Patterson to Brigadier-General Benjamin F. Butler, April 28, 1861

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Headquarters, Military Department of Washington, PHILADELPHIA, April 28th, 1861 Brig. General B. F. BUTLER GENERAL: I am directed b...
Friday, March 29, 2019

Adjutant-General Lorenzo Thomas: General Orders, No. 12, April 27, 1861

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General Orders , No. 12. WAR DEP’T, ADJT. GEN.'S OFFICE, Washington, April 27 , 1861 . 1. The Military Department of Washingt...
Thursday, March 7, 2019

Brevet Lieutenant General Winfield Scott to Brigadier-General Benjamin F. Butler, April 27, 1861

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Headquarters of the Army, WASHINGTON, April 27th, 1861 Brig. Gen. B. F. BUTLER THE undersigned, General-in-Chief of the Army, has rec...
Thursday, February 7, 2019

Major-General Robert Patterson to Brigadier-General Benjamin F. Butler, April 26, 1861

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Headquarters, Military Department of Washington, PHILADELPHIA, April 26th, 1861 BENJ. F. BUTLER, Brig. Gen. Commanding GENERAL: I a...
Sunday, October 16, 2016

Brigadier-General Benjamin F. Butler to Major-General Robert Patterson, April 24rd, 1861

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HEADQUARTERS, Annapolis, April 24 , 1861 . Major-General PATTERSON: DEAR SIR: After leaving you with Mr. Felton at Philadelphia...
Friday, September 9, 2016

Governor Andrew G. Curtin to Simon Cameron, May 6, 1861

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HARRISBURG, PA., May 6, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War: I received your dispatch.* General Patterson anticipated you by...
Saturday, July 9, 2016

Major Wilder Dwight: March 13, 1862

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Camp Near Winchester , March 13, 1862. At last! My prophecy of yesterday found its fulfilment rapidly enough. Half an hour after my let...
Friday, January 22, 2016

Captain Charles Fessenden Morse: April 12, 1863

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Headquarters Twelfth Army Corps, April 12, 1863. This last has been a week of excitement to all of us in the army. I wrote about the ...