Dispatch
A. G. Curtin to Edwin M. Stanton, April 28, 1863
HARRISBURG
HARRISBURG, April 28, 1863.
(Received 12.40 p. m.) Hon. E. M. STANTON: It is reported to me that the rebels have taken and now hold Morgantown in force. Please say if you have any information, and if force will be sent on if It is true. We have no force in the State, and you could send troops before we could organize any.
– A. G. CURTIN,
[Governor of Pennsylvania.]
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: HARRISBURG. Summary: Governor A. G. Curtin urgently requests Secretary of War E. M. Stanton to confirm Confederate occupation of Morgantown and to dispatch Union troops promptly due to Pennsylvania's lack of forces.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 25, Part 1
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