Letters / Correspondence

Stonewall Jackson

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Letters table
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1 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson Colonel: You will proceed, without delay, to Harper’s Ferry, Va., in execution of the orders of the governor of the State, and assume command of that post. After mustering into the service of the... Apr. 27, 1861
2 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson Colonel: Under authority of the governor of the State, you are directed to call out volunteer companies from the counties in the valley adjacent to Harper’s Ferry, viz, Morgan, Berkeley, Jefferson,... May 1, 1861
3 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson Colonel: The letter addressed to you, of this day’s date, was erroneous. You will therefore destroy it, and, instead of extending your call for volunteers to the counties of Page, Pendleton, and... May 4, 1861
4 Walter H. Taylor Stonewall Jackson I have had the honor to receive your letter of yesterday’s date. From the reports which reach me that are entitled to credit, the force of the enemy opposite Fredericksburg is represented as too... Apr. 29, 1862
5 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: Your letter of the 6th [addressed to General Johnston] has been received. I congratulate you upon defeating and then avoiding your enemy. Your march to Winchester has been of great... Jun. 8, 1862
6 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: Your recent successes have been the cause of the liveliest joy in this army as well as in the country. The admiration excited by your skill and boldness has been constantly mingled with... Jun. 11, 1862
7 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: I have received your letter by the Hon. Mr. Boteler. I hope you will be able to recruit and refresh your troops sufficiently for the movement proposed in my letter of the 11th. You have... Jun. 16, 1862
8 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: I have received your letter of the 21st, with inclosures. I am in doubt as to the position and numbers of the enemy in your front and on the Rappahannock, and can get no clew as to his... Jul. 23, 1862
9 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: Your letter of the 24th is received. I hope you will be able to get definite information of Pope, his numbers, &c. You must keep your troops well in hand and your cavalry close upon... Jul. 25, 1862
10 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: I have received your letter of the 23d instant, giving the report of your scout concerning the position of General Pope’s forces. I am glad to hear that you have sufficient transportation... Jul. 26, 1862
11 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: I have received your dispatch of 26th instant. I will send A. P. Hill’s division and the Second Brigade of Louisiana Volunteers to you. Stafford’s regiment (Ninth Louisiana) need not,... Jul. 27, 1862
12 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: I have just received your letter of this date. The letter of Mr. R. T. Scott, which I have read with much interest, I return. It carries with it an air of probability and truth. I have... Aug. 4, 1862
13 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: Your dispatch of yesterday is received. I am here in consequence of the reported advance of McClellan’s army. I have no idea that he will advance on Richmond now, but it may be premonitory... Aug. 7, 1862
14 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: Your letter of the 7th is received. If your information is correct, your movement against the enemy in Culpeper [County] is judicious. I hope you may be able to strike him moving, or at... Aug. 8, 1862
15 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson Your letter of the 10th instant, by courier, and telegraphic dispatch of today have been received. The withdrawal of the enemy from the Blue Ridge, and concentration at Warrenton and Waterloo, show... Nov. 14, 1862
16 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: Your letter of the 17th is just received. I think there must be some mistake about the enemy’s being re-enforced at Harper’s Ferry, inasmuch as information from Washington states that... Nov. 18, 1862
17 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: Your letter of the 18th has been received. It is certainly important to deceive the enemy as long as possible as to our position and intentions, provided it is rendered certain that a... Nov. 19, 1862
18 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: Should my former dispatches have been received, you will have been informed of the position of the enemy and of that portion of the army with me. I will, however, report that General... Nov. 23, 1862
19 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: From your letter of the 21st, which, with its inclosures, I received last night, I infer that your command is in motion up the valley. I wrote to you on the 23d instant, suggesting that... Nov. 25, 1862
20 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: I received this evening your note of 7.10 a.m., from near Strasburg. I wrote to you this morning, and referred on a communication forwarded on the 23d instant. In both I gave the position... Nov. 25, 1862
21 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: In previous letters I suggested the advantages that might be derived by your taking position at Warrenton or Culpeper, with a view to threaten the rear of the enemy now massed at... Nov. 26, 1862
22 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: Your letter of the 26th instant, from Madison Court-House, has been received. I presume your letter of the 23d, to which you refer, was the one written from near Strasburg, to which I... Nov. 27, 1862
23 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: Your dispatches of the 26th and 27th have been received. My letter of the 27th will have advised you of the position which I think it best for you to assume, namely, on Massaponax Creek,... Nov. 28, 1862
24 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson General: I find, from a report just received from General Pendleton, that, deducting the batteries in the general reserve artillery, composed of Colonel Cutts’ and Major Nelson’s battalions, and... Dec. 3, 1862
25 Stonewall Jackson Robert E. Lee I have the honor herewith to submit a report of the operations of my command from September 5 to 27, 1862, embracing the capture of Harper’s Ferry, the engagement at Shepherdstown, and so much of... Apr. 23, 1863
26 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson I have just received your note informing me that you were wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country to... May 4, 1863
27 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson I have just recd your note - It is too late for me to get to the artist by the hour designated.Very trulyR E Lee -
28 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson I have just recd your note. It is too late for me to get to the Artist by the hour designated - Very trulyR E Lee -
29 Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson I have recd your letters of the 25th & am very glad to see that Major White has carried out your instructions so thoroughly & has secured all the desired witnesses. As regard to the Arty of... -