Letter
Danl. Butterfield to Henry W. Slocum, April 16, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAQO,
April 16, 1863.
April 16, 1863. Major-General SLocum, Commanding Twelfth Corps: The following dispatch to Colonel Duffié, at Dumfries, is forwarded for your information : HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE Potomac, April 16, 1863. Colonel DuFrit, Dumfries : The major-general commanding directs that you do not relieve the infantry picket to-morrow morning; will endeavor to get arms for you to-morrow. The horses must not be used for picket duty; they must be recruited.
DANL. BUTTERFIELD,
Major-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Major-General Butterfield instructs Colonel Duffié to maintain infantry picket duty without relief and to preserve horses for rest, emphasizing the effort to procure arms the following day.
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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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