Dispatch
Danl. Butterfield to Joseph Hooker, May 1, 1863
HEADQUARTERS,
May 1, 1863.
May 1, 1863—1.45 p. m. General HooKER: Balloons both working. Dispatches been sent you by telegraph and courier. Telegraph been out of order; working correct now. Your dispatch of 12 m. just received. Those of 7 a. m. received about 11.30 o’clock. Ingalls has left. He had sent officers to both places before.
DANL. BUTTERFIELD,
Major-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Major-General Butterfield informs General Hooker that telegraph communication has been restored, balloons are operational, and dispatches have been sent despite earlier outages.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 25, Part 1
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