Letter
Geo. Sykks to Major-General HUMPHREYS, October 18, 1863
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH CORPS,
October 18, 1863.
October 18, 1863—12.40 a. m. Major-General HUMPHREYS, Chief of Staff: GENERAL: Is General Griffin’s division (which was the only part of this corps ordered to move) to go to Centreville at daylight or not? Your dispatch reads thus:
The order to move your corps at 5 a.m. is countermanded. Let Griffin go. Hold the rest of the corps ready to move in any direction at daylight.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
GEO. SYKKS,
Major-General, Commanding.
Major-General, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Major-General Geo. Sykks seeks clarification from Chief of Staff Humphreys on whether General Griffin's division should proceed to Centreville at daylight despite the countermanded order for the corps to move.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 29, Part 1
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