Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War: Department of the WestU.S. Government Printing Office, 1863 - Ball's Bluff, Battle of, Va., 1861 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 78
Page 18
... treasury . Accounts involving hundreds of thousand of dollars have been presented to me within the few days I have been here , informal , irregular , and not authorized by law or regulations . No quartermaster who understands his duty ...
... treasury . Accounts involving hundreds of thousand of dollars have been presented to me within the few days I have been here , informal , irregular , and not authorized by law or regulations . No quartermaster who understands his duty ...
Page 19
... Treasury Department my public accounts . Your early reply to this is respectfully requested . Respectfully , General L. THOMAS , - P. T. TURNLEY , Assistant Quartermaster . Adjutant General United States . NOTE . My unsettled and ...
... Treasury Department my public accounts . Your early reply to this is respectfully requested . Respectfully , General L. THOMAS , - P. T. TURNLEY , Assistant Quartermaster . Adjutant General United States . NOTE . My unsettled and ...
Page 34
... treasury , and reported the reason and fact of my conduct to the President , in the following letter : [ Unofficial . ] HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT , St. Louis , July 30 , 1861 . MY DEAR SIR : You were kind enough to say that as ...
... treasury , and reported the reason and fact of my conduct to the President , in the following letter : [ Unofficial . ] HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT , St. Louis , July 30 , 1861 . MY DEAR SIR : You were kind enough to say that as ...
Page 35
... treasury here . Of course , I will neither loose the State nor permit the enemy a foot of advantage . I have infused energy and activity into the de- partment , and there is a thorough good spirit in officers and men . This morn- ing I ...
... treasury here . Of course , I will neither loose the State nor permit the enemy a foot of advantage . I have infused energy and activity into the de- partment , and there is a thorough good spirit in officers and men . This morn- ing I ...
Page 98
... treasury here . Of course I will neither lose the State or permit the enemy a foot of advantage . I have infused energy and activity into the department , and there is a thorough good spirit in officers and men . This morning I will ...
... treasury here . Of course I will neither lose the State or permit the enemy a foot of advantage . I have infused energy and activity into the department , and there is a thorough good spirit in officers and men . This morning I will ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adjutant Answer arms army arrived artillery asked August battery battle Bird's Point Boonville brigade Cairo camp Cape Girardeau Captain cavalry charge CHESTER HARDING Colonel contract Covode creek despatch directed Drummondtown duty enemy expedition force Frémont Front Royal Gooch guard guns Hays HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT heard horses instructions J. C. FREMONT Jefferson City Joseph railroad letter Lexington Lieutenant Louis LOUIS ARSENAL Lyon Major General Commanding Major General FREMONT McKinstry ment miles military Missouri morning negroes night o'clock Odell officers permit persons Port Royal President Price quartermaster Question railroad re-enforcements rebels received regiment river Rolla Savannah secessionists Secretary Secretary of War sent September September 14 September 22 soldiers Springfield supplies supposed surgeon sworn and examined taken telegraph told took transportation TREASURY DEPARTMENT troops United vessels wagons Washington wounded
Popular passages
Page 151 - An act to confiscate property used for insurrectionary purposes...
Page 566 - States hereinbefore named, as may maintain a- loyal adhesion to the Union and the Constitution, or may be, from time to time, occupied and controlled by forces of The United States...
Page 566 - An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, and to repeal the act now in force for that purpose...
Page 151 - I think there is great danger that the closing paragraph, in relation to the confiscation of property, and the liberating slaves of traitorous owners, will alarm our southern Union friends, and turn them against us ; perhaps ruin our rather fair prospect for Kentucky.
Page 565 - An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes...
Page 566 - States, with the exceptions aforesaid, by land or water, together with the vessel or vehicle conveying the same, or conveying persons to or from said States, with said exceptions, will I* forfeited to the United States; and that from and after fifteen days from the issuing of this proclamation, all ships and vessels belonging in whole or in part to any citizen or inhabitant of any of said States, with said exceptions, found at sea or in any port of the United States, will be forfeited to the United...
Page 557 - SIR : In accordance with the request contained in your letter of the...
Page 409 - ... half; was wounded early in the fight by a sharp-shooter before the surrender. Present condition almost hopeless ; has remained insensible ever since he was wounded. CHARLES H. VAIL, MD, Acting Assistant Surgeon USA, in charge of Officers
Page 578 - Authority. By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Treasury by section 114 of the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950, 64 Stat.
Page 566 - WHEREAS the laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...