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General orders no. 151

Celebrating the Union victory at Corinth and explaining "the magnitude of the stake" involved there. "The possession of West Tennessee, and perhaps even the fate of operations in Kentucky," had depended on this victory. Says his army had been...

GLC00267.331

to Nathaniel Prentiss Banks

General Rosecrans writes, "Orders to come to See You Telegraph me at Harpers Ferry or Martinsburg or send word to Winchester when I can meet you." Date indicated as "12th 1863," most likely June 12, 1863 during the Gettysburg Campaign, only a few...

GLC02330.02

to Nathaniel Prentiss Banks

General Rosecrans transmits a telegraph to Banks, commander the Department of the Shenandoah. Discussing military matters, mentions Generals John Charles Frémont, Irvin McDowell, John Joseph Abercrombie, and George McClellan, and Edwin McMasters...

GLC02330.01