Dispatch
Carl Schurz to E. F. Hoffmann, December 27, 1862
HEADQUARTERS THIRD DIVISION,
December 27, 1862.
December 27, 1862. According to your report, you will detail two regiments of your own brigade, provided with two days’ rations. Two guns of Captain Hill’s battery (3-inch) are ordered to report to you at once, and will leave this place as soon as they can be got ready. Colonel Di Cesnola will place at your disposition 50 men of cavalry, who will report to you at once. You will leave 100 men (cavalry) at Aquia Creek and take 100 with you on the expedition. Send me reports of patrols as promptly as pos sible.
By order of Brigadier-General Schurz, commanding division :
E. F. HOFFMANN,
Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.
Colonel SCHIMMELFENNIG,
Commanding First Brigade.
Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.
Colonel SCHIMMELFENNIG,
Commanding First Brigade.
{Inclosure No. 2.) b]
Sig: I have been, with 50 men, to the grist mill this side of Dumfries. On my advance attempting to cross the creek, we were met with
a volley. We retired to the top of the hill and endeavored to find out
who was there. We challenged the picket, but could get no answer.
Sig: I have been, with 50 men, to the grist mill this side of Dumfries. On my advance attempting to cross the creek, we were met with
a volley. We retired to the top of the hill and endeavored to find out
who was there. We challenged the picket, but could get no answer.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 1862–63. Summary: Brigadier-General Schurz orders Major Hoffmann to lead a coordinated expedition with infantry, artillery, and cavalry units, emphasizing reconnaissance and prompt patrol reporting during the 1862 Civil War campaign.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 21
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