Letter
George B. McClellan to Winfield Scott, June 16, 1861
General, Commanding. CINCINNATI
General, Commanding. CINCINNATI, June 16, 1861.
General WINFIELD Scott: I hear from General Patterson that he is checked at Harper’s Ferry. If I do not hear from you to the contrary, I will attack from the west in sufficient force to make it sure. Will require two or three days to prepare. In mean time will arrange so that I can move by the route suggested in my earliest dispatch to you from Columbus, if you prefer. Please reply.
GEO. B. McCLELLAN,
Major-General, Commanding Department of Ohio.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: General, Commanding. 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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