Letter
George Stoneman to A. J. Alexander, April 26, 1863
CIRCULAR. HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS,
April 26, 1863.
April 26, 1863. If there is in this command such a person as the correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer, he will, by direction of the commanding general of the Army of the Potomac, be immediately sent out of the lines of the army, never to return.
By command of Major-General Stoneman:
A. J. ALEXANDER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SUFFOLK, V. A., April 26, 1863.
Major-General HOOKER, Army of the Potomac:
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SUFFOLK, V. A., April 26, 1863.
Major-General HOOKER, Army of the Potomac:
Longstreet is still here. Heavy artillery is coming to him from
Petersburg. The storm has ceased; mud drying up. Advise me in
cipher of as much as you deem proper of your operations.
Petersburg. The storm has ceased; mud drying up. Advise me in
cipher of as much as you deem proper of your operations.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Major-General Stoneman orders the immediate expulsion of a Philadelphia Inquirer correspondent from the Army of the Potomac and reports Confederate movements near Suffolk to General Hooker.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 25, Part 1
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