Benjamin F. Kelley to Robert C. Schenck, April 29, 1863

Major-General SCHENCK, Baltimore, Md. : Two companies have gone from Sandusky to Wheeling, and Governor Tod has also sent, it is said, some others to the same place. General Burnside will assist, if he has any available troops, but he can withdraw none from Kentucky. The enemy’s raid is variously estimated at from 1,500 to 4,000. You have 45,000 under your command. If you cannot concentrate enough to meet the enemy, it does not argue well for your military dispositions. H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief. BALTIMORE, M. D., April 29, 1863—11 p. m. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief: The following three dispatches have just been received: CLARKSBURG, V. A., April 29, 1863. i t is taken, and the bridge at that place burned and the piers blown up. sheeted , B. 8. ROBERTS, Brigadier-General. NEw CREEK, V. A., April 29, 1863—7 p. m. e following dispatches just received from Colonel Mulligan: ane is not Ss eaibie for mart support him, as Youghiogheny Bridge will not be reaired till Friday noon. If any troops can be spared from Washington, they might be sent so as to arrive at bridge by the time it will be done, It will not be prudent to take any troops away from the railroad to send west.” ‘ ; ° I also received a dispatch from Wilkinson, dated at Clarksburg, in which he said Roberts had arrived at Clarksburg with his force, and they were expecting a combined attack from Imboden and Jones. “After a severe engagement, our forces have been driven from Fairmont to Grafton. I will probably be attacked to-night or early in the morning. I will make a deserate fight; support me.”

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