Letter
E. M. Stanton, May 24, 1862
HEADQUARTERS,
May 24, 1862.
: Near Rectortown, Va., May 24, 1862. Captain Gillingham’s company, of the First Maryland, being attacked at Linden by 200 cavalry and two pieces of artillery, fell back into my lines at Markham, and is now at these headquarters; his men all safe, JNO. W. GEARY, Brigadier-General, Commanding.
Hon. E. M. STANTON.
No. 10.
Report of Lieut. William W. Rowley, Twenty-eighth New York Infantry,
Acting Signal Officer, of operations May 24-25.
Report of Lieut. William W. Rowley, Twenty-eighth New York Infantry,
Acting Signal Officer, of operations May 24-25.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Brigadier General Geary reports to E. M. Stanton the safe retreat of Captain Gillingham's Maryland company after a cavalry and artillery attack near Linden, Virginia, on May 24, 1862.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 12, Part 1
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