Letter
Chas. Candy to H. C. Rodgers, March 20, 1863
DumFRIES
DumFRIES, March 20, 1863.
Lieut. Col. H. C. RODGERS, Assistant Adjutant-General : Clifford, the scout, has reported. Cannot some cavalry be assigned temporarily for duty here? Can subsist and forage them better than they can themselves, thereby saving the Government considerable expense. Without cavalry, it would be madness for him to venture outside my lines without support, as the enemy are in the immediate vicinity, pressing men into their service, and driving Union families from their homes. The country between the Quantico and Maple Valley is open, as far as Ican learn. Small parties are heard from daily, robbing, &c.
CHAS. CANDY,
Colonel, &e.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: DumFRIES. Summary: Colonel Chas. Candy requests temporary cavalry support near Dumfries to protect Union scouts and local families from enemy forces and banditry during the Civil War.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 25, Part 1
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