Civil War Generals: 13 letters & docs [decimalized]

to Henry Wise

Union Brigadier General Burnside, commanding Department of North Carolina, writes to Confederate Brigadier General Wise, commanding Chowan District, Department of Norfolk. Agrees to a written request from Wise of the day before that the bodies and...

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to William Buel Franklin

Orders written the morning of the Battle of Fredericksburg. Burnside is "this moment preparing orders for you," and tells Franklin to "Make no movement except for defense until they arrive." Also hopes "to be with you this morning." Franklin was...

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to Lorenzo Thomas

Then Lieutenant Jefferson Davis writes to Assistant Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas to request permission to rejoin his company in Virginia instead of Florida. The first artillery had been transferred from Fort Myers, Florida, to Fort Monroe, Old...

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to Henry Wager Halleck

General Dix, Commander of the Department of the East, encloses a confidential report (not included) by a detective from Buffalo, New York. Informs Halleck, General in Chief of the Union army, that the detective "has seen, as you will observe, a...

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to Ulysses S. Grant

Major General Halleck transmits orders to Brigadier General Grant permitting the discharge of volunteers who desire to be recruited by the Navy for work on gun boats. The discharges must be distributed so they do not disrupt the efficiency of any...

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to Philip Henry Sheridan

Former Confederate General John B. Hood writes to Commander of the Military Division of the Gulf, General Philip Sheridan (1865-1867). Requests permission for Colonel Harding to visit Mexico on business. Includes initials after post script that...

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to William Blaisdell

General Hooker, division commander in the Army of the Potomac, writes to Lieutenant Colonel William Blaisdell of the 11th Massachusetts Infantry. Asks why Blaisdell opposes the commission of Daniel E. Granger as 2nd Lieutenant in his regiment, as...

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to George D. Ramsay

As a private citizen, McClellan writes to Chief of Ordnance General George D. Ramsay to introduce Mr. Adolph Schniewind, who "has it in his power to arrange for imparting our government the secret of the great superiority manifested by the Prussian...

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to John Rawlins

Meade, commanding the Army of the Potomac, writes to General Rawlins. Recently received intelligence from an officer of Confederate Nathaniel Harrison Harris's Brigade, William Mahone's Division. Reports that the officer was in Petersburg the...

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to Edwin Morgan

General Ricketts writes from the Headquarters of the 2nd Division, Department of the Rappahannock, near Manassas, to Morgan, Governor of New York. Recommends the appointment of John A. [Veress?] to Colonel Adrian R. Roots's 94th Regiment, New York...

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to Alfred F. Sears

Informs Sears that his "company and effects will be embarked on the Holmes." Two weeks after the Union defeat at the battle of Seccesionville they began evacuating James Island, just off the coast from Charleston. Sears company was sent out on the...

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to Alexander R. Boteler

On committee letterhead, Stevens, as Chairman of the National Democratic Executive Committee writes to Boteler as Chairman of the National Executive Committee of the Constitutional Union Party.
Requests copies of campaign literature circulating....

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to Randolph Barnes Marcy

General Sumner writes from 2nd Corps Headquarters to General Marcy, Chief of Staff under General George Brinton McClellan. Writes, "Your dispatch received, informing me that the 29th regt Mass Vols is assigned to Richardsons division." Possibly...

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Engraving of Ambrose E. Burnside

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Engraving of Major General William B. Franklin.

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Engraving of Major General Jefferson Columbus Davis

Glued to lower left is a short bio of Davis.

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Engraving of Major General Jefferson Columbus Davis

Published by C.B. Richardson. O'Neill, NY is printed below the image.

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Engraving of Henry Wager Halleck

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Engraving of Major General John A. Dix, U.S.A.

Printed below the image, "From Photograph in possession of his family. New York, G.P. Putnam. Entered according to act of Congress A.D. 1861 by G.P. Putnam, in the clerks office of the district court for the southern district of N.Y."

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Engraving of John Adams Dix

Glued below the image are two typed bio notes of John Adams Dix.

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