Letter
Danl. Butterfield to Andrew A. Humphreys, December 13, 1862
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY OORPS,
December 13, 1862.
December 13, 1862—3.50 p. m. Brigadier-General HUMPHREYS, 4 Commanding Division :
GENERAL: Genera] Couch has sent in word that he has carried the heights at the extreme right, and wants support. Find General Couch, and, if he desires your division, move it to his support, pushing any advantage gained. The bearer will inform you where General Couch is to be found.
respectfully,
DANL. BUTTERFIELD,
Brigadier-General, Commanding Corps.
Brigadier-General, Commanding Corps.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 1862–63. Summary: Brigadier-General Butterfield orders General Humphreys to support General Couch by moving his division to reinforce and exploit gains on the extreme right during the 1862 battle.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 21
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