Letter
Alfred Pleasonton to Joseph Hooker, June 14, 1863
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS,
Near Warrenton Junction, June 14, 1863.
Major-General HooKER : A pe sen, belonging to Breathed’s battery, Stuart’s artillery, says that Lee’s army is divided into three corps, of 30,000 each, commanded by Ewell, A. P. Hill, and Longstreet; that Ewell is above Sulphur Springs, Longstreet is to cross at United States or Banks’ Ford, and that Hill is to cross in the vicinity of Fredericksburg. Three days’ rations were issued yesterday morning to Ewell’s corps. He thinks Ewell will be heard from before to-morrow night.
A. PLEASONTON,
Brigadier-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: Near Warrenton Junction. Summary: Brigadier-General Pleasonton informs Major-General Hooker that Lee's Confederate army is divided into three corps under Ewell, A.P. Hill, and Longstreet, with planned crossings near Fredericksburg and issued rations signaling imminent movements.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 27, Part 1
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