Letter
Henry W. Halleck to Ambrose E. Burnside, April 29, 1863
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, April 29, 1863.
Major-General BURNSIDE, Cincinnati, Ohio: If you have any available troops that can be temporarily detached to assist General Schenck, throw them into Parkersburg and Wheeling. I do not mean that you shall withdraw troops from Kentucky.
H. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: Washington. Summary: H. W. Halleck instructs Major-General Burnside to temporarily send available troops to support General Schenck at Parkersburg and Wheeling without weakening Kentucky defenses.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 25, Part 1
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