Letter
E.D. Townsend to Robert Patterson, July 6, 1861
F Washington
F Washington, July 6, 1861.
General PATTERSON, Martinsburg, Va.: Governor Curtin has been requested to send two regiments of State troops (probably the two near Bedford) to Cumberland to hold that place temporarily instead of Wallace’s regiment. They are instructed to obey your orders, or any other they may receive (in an extreme case) from General McClellan.
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
(Similar dispatch to McClellan.)
(Similar dispatch to McClellan.)
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: F Washington. Summary: E. D. Townsend informs General Patterson that Governor Curtin will send two state regiments to temporarily hold Cumberland, instructed to follow Patterson's or General McClellan's orders during the Civil War.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 2
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