Pages

▼
Showing posts with label Robert Patterson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert Patterson. Show all posts
Thursday, December 5, 2019

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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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

›
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 ...
Sunday, June 14, 2015

Diary of Salmon P. Chase, Thursday, September 11, 1862

›
Two weeks since Hooker drove Ewell at Bristow Station — and what weeks! Ten days of battle, and then such changes, — changes in which it is ...
Sunday, April 12, 2015

John Lothrop Motley to Mary Benjamin Motley, Monday, July 28, 1861

›
Nahant, July 28, 1861. My Dearest Mary : I have not written to Forster, because I have taken it for granted that he sees my letters to...
Sunday, April 5, 2015

John Lothrop Motley to Mary Benjamin Motley, Monday, July 22, 1861

›
Monday, July 22. The battle was renewed yesterday at Bull Run, and, as I anticipated when I began this letter, the rebel batteries have...
Sunday, March 29, 2015

John Lothrop Motley to Mary Benjamin Motley, July 21, 1861

›
Woodland Hill , Sunday, July 21, 1861. My Dearest Mary : I have not the time nor the matter for anything but a hasty line. I am obliged...