Letter

GEO. A. McCALL to S. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant-General, November 27, 1861

Author

GEO. A. McCALL

Recipient

S. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant-General

Date

November 27, 1861

Type

Letter

November 27, 1861.

GENERAL: I have the honor to transmit herewith the report of Col. G. D. Bayard, First Regiment Cavalry, Pennsylvania Reserves, of a very successful expedition made during the last twenty-four hours in the direction of Dranesville, where I had ascertained that a picket force . of the enemy was stationed. The men who were sent by the colonel . for ambulances reported to me a strong force opposed to the colonel, whereupon I put the First Brigade of my division under arms, and with – Kernsâ battery was marching to his support, when we met the colonelâs command returning. The troops all evinced praiseworthy alacrity on the occasion.

very respectfully, your obedient servant,

GEO. A. McCALL,
Brigadier-General, Commanding Division.
General S. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant-General.
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No. 2.
Report of Col. George D. Bayard, First Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Camp PEIRPOINT, VA., November 27, 1861.
SIR: In obedience to orders I started from this camp yesterday with

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in Maryland, N. Virginia, W. Virginia, 1861–62. Summary: Brigadier General George A. McCall reports a successful cavalry expedition near Dranesville, Virginia, involving the First Pennsylvania Cavalry and a rapid response to enemy forces in November 1861.

Topics

1861 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 5 View original source ↗