Letter
Daniel E. Sickles to Oliver O. Howard, May 2, 1863
HEADQUARTERS THIRD CORPS,
May 2, 1863.
May 2, 1863. (Received 3 p. m.) Major-General HOWARD:
I am advancing a strong line of two brigades to ascertain whether the enemy is retreating. General Birney reports that he has reached a brigade of the enemy in rifle-pits, posted, as I think, to cover the retreating column. I will attack if the enemy is not stronger than the reports so far represent him, and occupy the road by which he is retreating.
Please support my advance.
Very respectfully,
D. E. SICKLES,
Major-General.
Major-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Major-General Sickles requests support from Major-General Howard to advance two brigades and attack enemy forces potentially covering a retreat during the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 25, Part 1
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