Dispatch
Andrew A. Humphreys to Major-General WARREN, July 30, 1864
HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS,
July 30, 1864.
July 30, 1864. Major-General WARREN: Your dispatch is received. The major-general commanding directs that you go in with Burnside, taking the two-gun battery. The movement on the left need not be carried further than a reconnaissance to see in what force the enemy is holding his right. The cavalry are ordered to move up on your left, and keep up connection.
A. A. HUMPHREYS,
Major-General and Chief of Staff.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Major-General Humphreys orders Major-General Warren to join Burnside with a two-gun battery for reconnaissance on the enemy's right flank while coordinating with cavalry on his left.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 40, Part 1
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