Letter
Benjamin F. Kelley to Lorenzo Thomas, January 17, 1862
: HEADQUARTERS,
Cumberland, Md., January 17, 1862.
GENERAL:
I herewith inclose you Colonel Dunning’s report of the
expedition to Blue’s Gap on the 8th [7th] instant. ; I am happy to say that the expedition was an entire success. The effect was, as I intended, to divert the attention of General Jackson from Hancock, he supposing that I was moving on Winchester with my whole force, and therefore beat a precipitous retreat from Hancock and fell back on Winchester.
I am happy to say that the troops under my late command evinced on that occasion the same energy and gallantry that have characterized them ever since they have been under my command.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
B. F. KELLEY,
Brigadier-General.
General L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.
Brigadier-General.
General L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.
No. 7. =
Report of Col. Samuel H. Dunning, Fifth Ohio Infantry, of skirmish at
Hanging Rock Pass, W. Va.
ROMNEY, VA., January 9, 1862.
Report of Col. Samuel H. Dunning, Fifth Ohio Infantry, of skirmish at
Hanging Rock Pass, W. Va.
ROMNEY, VA., January 9, 1862.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, N. Virginia, W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Cumberland, Md..
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 5
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