Letter
Fitz J. Porter to George Cadwalader, June 16, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLYANIA,
Hagerstown, Md., June 16, 1861.
Bvt. Maj. Gen. GEORGE CADWALADER, Commanding First Division, Williamsport, Md.:
GENERAL: By direction of the commanding general I send you a dispatch from Colonel Wallace,* at Cumberland, by which you will see the urgency of immediate re-enforcements. Colonel Wallace must be strengthened quickly. If you can put Colonel Burnside and the cayalry and artillery in motion at once, with the provision he now has, can you not send his supply train to him well guarded? The commanding general desires you to take into consideration the canal transportation, that in case of necessity it can be used for the force.
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
F. J. PORTER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HAGERSTOWN, MD., June 16, 1861.
Cavalry, artillery, and infantry go towards Hancock to you to-day.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HAGERSTOWN, MD., June 16, 1861.
Cavalry, artillery, and infantry go towards Hancock to you to-day.
Communicate with them. Colonel Burnside, of Rhode Island, commanding. Ammunition of that caliber here on Tuesday.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: Hagerstown, Md..
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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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