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Benjamin F. Kelley to Benjamin F. Kelley, May 9, 1864
WHEELING
WHEELING, May 9, 1864.
General B. F. KELLEY: We learn the two Ohio regiments are at Parkersburg awaiting orders. CUMBERLAND, May 9, 1864. J. B. Forp, Esq., eeling : The two Ohio regiments at Parkersburg have been ordered forward. Two other Ohio regiments were ordered via Wheeling and should have been there ere this. You need not, however, hoid the cars any longer for them. If they arrive they will wait at Benwood till you can furnish the transportation. B. F. KELLEY, Brigadier-General. CUMBERLAND, May 9, 1864. Please go up to Martinsburg and see Colonel Rodgers. Issue stringent orders are citizens and camp followers from passing our lines and going to the front. Direct Colonel Rodgers to strengthen his pickets and police force.
B. F. KELLEY,
Brigadier-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, Pt. 1. Location: WHEELING. Summary: Brigadier General B. F. Kelley directs troop movements of Ohio regiments and orders Colonel Rodgers to restrict civilian access and strengthen security near Martinsburg during the Civil War.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 37, Part 1
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