Correspondence – USA Official

Correspondence

Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell

• • May 29, 1861 – McDowell Assumes Command of Department of Northeastern Virginia
  • May 29, 1861 – McDowell Reports Outrages
  • May 30, 1861 – McDowell Informs Mrs. R. E. Lee of the Occupation of Arlington House
  • June 4, 1861 – McDowell’s Estimate of Required Force for Proposed Movement
  • June 14, 1861 – McDowell Reports Progress of Defenses of Washington 
  • June 17, 1861 – McDowell Reports on Loudoun and Hampshire Road Reconnaissance
  • June 18, 1861 – McDowell and Army Headquarters Discuss the Reconnaissance to Vienna 
  • June 20, 1861 – McDowell to Brig. Gen. Theodore Runyon and Col. David Hunter on Readiness to Move
  • June 24, 1861 – McDowell’s Plan for Proposed Movement from Alexandria to Leesburg
  • About June 24, 1861 – McDowell’s Plan for the Movement on Manassas
  • June 25, 1861 – McDowell Forwards Intelligence on Enemy Dispositions to Army Headquarters
  • June 26, 1861 – McDowell’s Abstract of Forces Under His Command
  • July 7 & 9, 1861 – Beauregard and McDowell On the Passage of Col. Thomas H. Taylor with Dispatches from President Davis to President Lincoln
  • July 21, 1861 – McDowell Calls for Reinforcements (D. S. Miles, HANSCON, G. H. Mendell) 
  • July 21, 1861 – McDowell Reports “The Day is Lost” (B. S. Alexander)

Other

• • Col. Ambrose Burnside
    • June 22, 1861 – To Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott on the Progress of the 1st Rhode Island Infantry to Brig. Gen. Patterson’s Command
  • Capt. James B. Fry, A.A.G. of McDowell’s Army
    • June 5, 1861 – Samuel P. Heintzelman Reports Enemy Strength Around Manassas
  • Lt. Col. Schuyler Hamilton, Military Secretary to General Scott
    • July 20, 1861 – Army Headquarters Notifies McDowell of Forwarding of Hunt’s Battery and Forty Recruits
  • Col. James E. Kerrigan, 25th New York Infantry
    • July 22, 1861 – To Sec. of War Simon Cameron, Seeking Guidance
  • Brig. Gen. Joseph K. F. Mansfield, Commander Dept. of Washington
    • July 21, 1861 – Communicates with Commander of Washington Navy Yard Cmdr. John A. B. Dahlgren, McDowell, and Runyon, on Troop Movements
    • July 22, 1861 – To Capt. Thaddeus Phelps Mott, 2nd New York State Militia, and Runyon to Stop the Rout
  • Col. John H. McCunn, 37th New York Infantry
    • July 21, 1861 – Communicates with McDowell and Scott About Retreat
    • July 22, 1861 – To Scott from Fairfax Station
  • Capt. J. B. Mulligan, ADC to Brig. Gen. Theodore Runyon
    • Reports on Runyon on Situation at Centreville and Fairfax Station
  • Maj. Gen. Robert Patterson
    • June 21, 1861 – Plan for Proposed Movement from Leesburg to Alexandria
  • Col. Thomas A. Scott, In Command of Railroad and Telegraph Lines Used by the U. S. Army
    • July 21, 1861 – Communicates with PA Gov. Andrew Curtin, McDowell, and Sam. D. Young, Pennsylvania Railroad, on Troop Movements
    • July 22, 1861 – To Brig. Gen. Joseph K. F. Mansfield, on Manning Defenses of Washington
  • Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott
    • June 20, 1861 – To Maj. Gen. Robert Patterson on Proposed Movement from Leesburg to Alexandria
    • July 21, 1861 – To Brig. Gen. McDowell Informing Him of Confederate Reinforcements from Winchester, and the Forwarding of Four Regiments from Washington
    • July 21, 1861 – Updates Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan on Developments in Virginia
    • July 21, 1861 – Issues Orders for the Defense of Baltimore and Alexandria
    • July 21, 1861 – Advises McDowell of Available Resources and Options
    • July 21, 1861 – Communicates with Col. John H. McCunn About Retreat
    • July 21, 1861 – Orders McClellan to Shenandoah Valley
    • July 21, 1861 – Communicates With Col. Daniel Sickles, 70th New York Infantry, and Brig. Gen. Theodore Runyon on Disposition of Their Forces
    • July 22, 1861 – Communicates with McClellan on Possible Movements, and Calls Him to Washington
    • July 22, 1861 – To Runyon on Manning the Defenses of Washington
    • July 22, 1861 – Discusses Dispositions with Colonel John H. McCunn, 37th New York Infantry, and Col. Thomas A. Scott, Army Railroads and Telegraph
  • Col William T. Sherman, Tyler’s Division
    • July 22, 1861 – To Army Headquarters from Ft. Corcoran
  • Lt. Col. Edward D. Townsend, A.A.G. of  U.S. Army
    • June 3, 1861 – Army HQ Requests Estimate of Force Required by McDowell 
    • June 15, 1861 – Army HQ Informs McDowell of Patterson’s Delay in Proposed Movement
    • June 21, 1861 – To Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell on Proposed Movement from Alexandria to Leesburg
    • July 22, 1861 – To McDowell on Diminishing His Command
  • Brig. Gen. Daniel Tyler
    • June 22, 1861 – To Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell on Intimated Retrograde Movement to Ball’s Crossroads
  • Col. Dwight A. Woodbury, 4th Michigan Infantry
    • July 21, 1861 – Warns Army Headquarters of Impending Cavalry Attack

General and Special Orders

• May 27, 1861 – General Orders #26 – Creation of Dept. of Northeastern Virginia Army A. G. Lorenzo Thomas
• June 2, 1861 – General Orders #2 – Instructions for Accounting for Property Taken or Damaged A. A. G. James B. Fry
• July 18, 1861 – General Orders #18 – McDowell Admonishes His Command Re: Depredations A. A. G. James B. Fry
• July 20, 1861 – Special Orders #37 -McDowell Requests 4th Pennsylvania Infantry to Remain in Service A. A. G. James B. Fry
• July 20, 1861 – Special Orders #39 – McDowell Orders 4th Pennsylvania Infantry and Varian’s Battery of 8th New York State Militia to the Rear A. A. G. James B. Fry