Letter
George B. McClellan to E.D. Townsend, June 19, 1861
CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI, June 19, 1861.
Col. E. D. TOWNSEND: I learn that the enemy is in front of Piedmont in force; also moving on Grafton and Clarksburg from Beverly. Will goin person to take command to-day with five additional regiments, one battery, two companies cavalry. Movement on Grafton appears more important than that in valley of Kanawha. Had arranged to reach Kanawha to-morrow. Will now defer it until certain bridge burned eight miles east of Piedmont. Patterson better re-enforce Cumberland at once.
GEO. B. McCLELLAN.
Washington, June 19, 1861—9.45 p. m.
General MCCLELLAN, U.S. A., Cincinnati:
I do not eredit the existence of any formidable rebel force in the mountains to disturb Wallace, and have so said to Patterson; but have desired him, as I desire you, to act on any better information possessed.
General MCCLELLAN, U.S. A., Cincinnati:
I do not eredit the existence of any formidable rebel force in the mountains to disturb Wallace, and have so said to Patterson; but have desired him, as I desire you, to act on any better information possessed.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: CINCINNATI.
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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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