Dispatch
Daniel Butterfield to Joseph Hooker, June 14, 1863
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS,
June 14, 1863.
June 14, 1863—9.30 p. m. Major-General HOOKER: Your dispatch received. The 15,000 infantry and artillery at Culpeper I consider to be made up in good part by the force taken back by Longstreet from Gaines’ Cross-Roads. He took back a number of wagons, but no artillery of any consequence. A. PLEASONTON, Brigadier-General. JUNE 14, 1863—9.40 p. m. General HANCOCK : Replace pickets and halt. Answer.
BUTTERFIELD,
Major-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Butterfield informs Major-General Hooker about Confederate troop movements near Culpeper and advises General Hancock to replace pickets and halt.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 27, Part 1
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