Letter
E. K. D. Townsend to G. H. Tomas, April 22, 1861
WasHineton
WasHineton, April 22, 1861.
Major G. H. Tomas, Second Cavalry, Carlisle Barracks: .
Sir: The General-in-Chief directs that the four companies of cavalry under your conimand be sent here as fast as they are mounted (which
must be done with all possible dispatch), and by the route which will insure their arrival at the earliest moment practicable. From your position you can judge better of the route than we. The men must be prepared to encounter opposition and to overcome it. I am, sir,
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
E. K. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: WasHineton. Summary: E. K. D. Townsend orders Major G. H. Tomas to rapidly mobilize and route four cavalry companies to Washington, prepared to face and overcome enemy resistance during the urgent 1861 deployment.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 2
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