Letter
Colonel to Burleigh, May 2, 1864
MARTINSBURG
MARTINSBURG, May 2, 1864.
Captain BURLEIGH, Assistant Adjutant-General : I have just heard that an empty train coming in was captured by twelve men two miles this side of Darkesville I have two mounted orderlies and the present guard only for duty. The empty wagons all in the road.
; R. 8S. RODGERS,
Colonel.
HEADQUARTE&RS DEPARTMENT OF WEST Virginia,
HEADQUARTE&RS DEPARTMENT OF WEST Virginia,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, Pt. 1. Location: MARTINSBURG. Summary: Colonel Rodgers informs Captain Burleigh of a recent capture of an empty train near Darkesville and reports limited available personnel and obstructed wagons on the road.
Topics
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 37, Part 1
View original source ↗