Letter
George B. McClellan to George B. McClellan, June 12, 1861
‘ 1 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE O8IO,
Cincinnati, June 12, 1861.
, Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General:
CoLonnL: I have the honor to inclose for the information of the E, General-in-Chief a letter from the Hon. Garrett Davis.
I leave this afternoon for Cairo. In the mean time I have started all the preparations for an expedition to gain possession of the Kanawha Valley, which will probably be the end of the secession cause in that region.
I have directed Major Marcy to make a careful inspection of those Illinois regiments which I will not see en route to Cairo.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
GEO. B. McCLELLAN,
Major-General, U. S. Army.
[Inclosure.]
Paris, Ky., April [June ?] 8, 1861.
Major-General, U. S. Army.
[Inclosure.]
Paris, Ky., April [June ?] 8, 1861.
General GEoRGE B. McCLELLAN:
DEAR Sie: It will probably be unnecessary and superfluous, but still
I feel impelled to address you this note:
An intelligent friend was with me last evening who had left the State
DEAR Sie: It will probably be unnecessary and superfluous, but still
I feel impelled to address you this note:
An intelligent friend was with me last evening who had left the State
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: Cincinnati. Summary: George B. McClellan informs his assistant of preparations for a military expedition to secure the Kanawha Valley, aiming to end secessionist influence there during the Civil War.
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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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