Letter

E.D. Townsend to R. Patterson, U.s. A, June 3, 1861

Washington

General R. PATTERSON, U.S. A., Chambersburg, Pa. : General Scott will send you in a few days a letter of instructions. One or two batteries will be sent you. Your plan of operations was received yesterday.

E. D. TOWNSEND,

Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: Washington. Summary: E. D. Townsend informs General Patterson that General Scott will soon send operational instructions and that one or two artillery batteries will be assigned to him.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 2 View original source ↗