Correspondence, Etc.union to Edward D. Townsend, June 15, 1861

Col. E. D. TOWNSEND : . Have advanced under General Cadwalader First, Second, Third, Fourth, and part of Fifth Brigades, and the first four are beyond Hagerstown. I go to-day with my staff. General Cadwalader is ordered to exercise the greatest caution, feeling his way under careful reconnaissance under Captain Newton. Reports from Captain Newton are that Harper’s Ferry is abandoned and destroyed. I believe it designed for a decoy. R. PATTERSON. Major-General, Commanding. —_ “as ‘ae pneneteesetindh co eee

"CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—UNION.