Letter
H. W. Halleok, January 4, 1863
HEADQUARTERS EIGHTH ARMY CORPS,
Baltimore, January 4, 1863.
GENERAL:
Late last night I reeeived the following further telegram from General Kelley at Harper’s.Ferry : A dis aot ue received from one of Colonel Washburn’s officers says they are surmonnded at Moorefield by about 500 rebel cavalry, with three guns. No infantry had been seen. If this is all their force, Washburn is in no danger. Cavalry will reach him to-morrow. The movement may be ‘a feint to cover an attack on Milroy, at Winchester. With my present information, I do not need your proffered re-enforce ments, ROBT. 0. SOHHNOK, Major-General, Oommanding.
Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLEOK,
General-in-Ohief, Washington, D. O.
No. 2.
Reports of Ool. James A. Mulligan, Twenty-third Illinois Infantry.
No. 2.
Reports of Ool. James A. Mulligan, Twenty-third Illinois Infantry.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 1862–63. Location: Baltimore. Summary: Major General Halleck informs that Colonel Washburn's forces are surrounded by rebel cavalry but not in danger, suggesting a possible feint to mask an attack on Milroy at Winchester, and declines reinforcements.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 21
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