Order
George B. McClellan to Winfield Scott, June 19, 1861
CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI, June 19, 1861.
General WINFIELD Scott: If you will order Patterson to send a strong column on Cumberland and thence on Romney, we will cut off the whole rebel force that now threatens Piedmont, Grafton, and Cumberland. I shall move from Parkersburg some time to-morrow, fight everything I meet, take Beverly as my point of direction, and trust to you carrying out my suggestion for catching the whole rebel crew. After completing this I propose to clear out the Kanawha,
GEO. B. McCLELLAN,
Major-General, U. S. Army.
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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