Letter
Charles H. Morgan to Brevet Major-General TORBERT, March 16, 1865
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION,
March 16, 1865.
March 16, 1865. Brevet Major-General TORBERT, Chief of Cavalry :
GENERAL: The major-general commanding desires you to send to-night a scouting party up the Valley as far as Woodstock or Edinburg, by such roads as you may think proper; also, a detail of fifty men for special service, to be ready to move at 6 p. m. to-day, the officer commanding the detail to report for instructions at these headquarters at 6 p. m.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
C. H. MORGAN,
Brevet Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.
BEVERLY, W. V4., March 16, 1865.
Colonel WILKINSON,
Brevet Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.
BEVERLY, W. V4., March 16, 1865.
Colonel WILKINSON,
Clarksburg :
A deserter just in reports that all the rebel force about Crab Bottom
and vicinity were ordered out to oppose Sheridan and have not returned
yet. I have scouts all through that country.
A deserter just in reports that all the rebel force about Crab Bottom
and vicinity were ordered out to oppose Sheridan and have not returned
yet. I have scouts all through that country.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: C. H. Morgan orders Major-General Torbert to dispatch a scouting party up the Valley and prepare fifty men for special service to gather intelligence on rebel troop movements near Crab Bottom.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 1
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