Letter
A. J. Alexander to Brigadier-General GREGG, April 22, 1863
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS,
Warrenton Junction, April 22, 1863.
The major-general commanding directs that you direct the head of your column toward this point, and send a staff officer, on receipt of this (duplicate), to report for instructions. Your camp will be between this place and Bealeton, on the north side of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. This change in the location of your command is rendered necessary by the topography of the country and nature of the road.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
A. J. ALEXANDER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE Potomac,
April 22, 1863.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE Potomac,
April 22, 1863.
Major-General CoucH:
The commanding general directs that you have your pickets cautioned
to extra vigilance to-night and toward morning, the reserves to act or
move to any point circumstances may require.
The commanding general directs that you have your pickets cautioned
to extra vigilance to-night and toward morning, the reserves to act or
move to any point circumstances may require.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: Warrenton Junction. Summary: A. J. Alexander instructs Brigadier-General Gregg to reposition his cavalry column near Warrenton Junction for strategic advantage and orders heightened picket vigilance and reserve readiness.
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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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