Chas. P. Stone to Brigadier- General Volunteers, September 7, 1862
September 7, 1862.
SIR: I have been applied to by General Stone for permission to serve with the Army during the impending movements, even if only as a spectator. : .
I have no doubt as to the loyalty and devotion of General Stone, but am unwilling to use his services unless I know that it meets the approval of Government.
I not only have no objection to his employment in this army, but,
more than that, would be glad to avail myself of his services as soon as circumstances permit. i
Very truly, yours, ; GEO. B. McCLELLAN,
Major-General. Hon. E. M, STANTON, Secretary of War.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., September 25, 1862. _ GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the following for the consideration of the General-in-Chief: On the 8th February, 1862, about the hour of midnight, I was arrested by an armed guard, commanded by Brig. Gen. George Sykes,
«and placed in close confinement, under guard, in the quarters of the
officers of the provost-marshal’s guard.
At the time of the arrest I asked of General Sykes the cause, but was informed that he was perfectly ignorant of it.
Early on the morning of the 9th February 1 addressed the following letter to the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, viz:
WASHINGTON, D. C., February 9, 1862.
GENERAL: This morning, about 1 o’elock, I was arrested by Brigadier-General Sykes, commanding City Guard, and made a close prisoner, by order, as I was informed, of the Major-General Commanding-in-Chief.
Conscious of being and having been at all times a faithful soldier of the United States, I most respectfully request that I may be furnished, at as early a moment as praetieable, with a copy of whatever charges may have been preferred against me, and the opportunity of promptly meeting them. :
Very respectfully, I am, general, your most obedient servant,
Brigadier- General Volunteers.
Assistant Adjutant-General, Headquarters Army of the Potomac.
The above letter was carried by General Sykes to General Williams
early in the morning of the 9th February. No answer has ever been
received by me.
: During the night of February 9 I was conveyed, in charge of a lieutenant and two police officers, to Fort Hamilton, New York Harbor,