Dispatch
Colonel Beal, May 29, 1862
HEADQUARTERS FIRST MARYLAND CAVALRY,
Camp near Williamsport, May 29, 1862.
Sir: Appended please find a report of the duty done by the battalion of cavalry under my command since arriving in this department: The battalion left Camp Carroll, Md., at about 2 o’clock on Sunday morning, the 18th of May, and arrived at Winchester, Va., on Monday,
the 19th, at about midday, and encamped about 14 miles south of Winchester in an open field. The companies were engaged as pickets on Thursday
by order of Colonel Beal, commanding post at Winchester,
two companies being posted—one on the road leading to Front Royal
and the other on the road from Winchester toward Romney.
On Friday morning the entire battalion was under saddle, and during
the day scoured the country from point to point, with a view to ascertaining the whereabouts of the enemy's pickets.
and the other on the road from Winchester toward Romney.
On Friday morning the entire battalion was under saddle, and during
the day scoured the country from point to point, with a view to ascertaining the whereabouts of the enemy's pickets.
On Saturday morning the battalion (which was still under saddle)
was called to the pike leading from Winchester to Strasburg by a report
reaching it that the enemy were approaching, and the wagon trains,
which had started for Strasburg, rapidly returning.
was called to the pike leading from Winchester to Strasburg by a report
reaching it that the enemy were approaching, and the wagon trains,
which had started for Strasburg, rapidly returning.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: Camp near Williamsport. Summary: Colonel Beal reports the movements and reconnaissance activities of his First Maryland Cavalry battalion near Winchester, Virginia, in May 1862, detailing picket duties and enemy scouting.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 12, Part 1
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