Letter
Irvin McDowell to H. A. Lacy, May 24, 1862
CHIEF QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE,
Opposite Fredericksburg, May 24, 1862.
Capt. H. A. Lacy, Assistant Quartermaster, at Depot:
You will. without delay take possession, for the use of the United States of a lot of lumber at the saw-mill near the headquarters of General McOall, for the purpose of constructing temporary warehouses, sheds, stables, &c.
You will call upon Brigadier-General Doubleday, commanding at this place, for what assistance you may require in erecting such buildings.
By order of Major-General McDowell :
FRED. MYERS, Major and Chief Quartermaster.
Covrt-Room, Cor. FOURTEENTH. St. AND Pa. AVE.,
Washington, D. C., December 19, 1862.
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Covrt-Room, Cor. FOURTEENTH. St. AND Pa. AVE.,
Washington, D. C., December 19, 1862.
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The recorder then read from the official books of telegrams received
at and sent from the Headquarters of Department of the Rappahannock the following telegrams, which are appended to the proceedings
of this day,* as follows:
*Omitted from appendix, to appear in chronological order in "Correspondence
at and sent from the Headquarters of Department of the Rappahannock the following telegrams, which are appended to the proceedings
of this day,* as follows:
*Omitted from appendix, to appear in chronological order in "Correspondence
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: Opposite Fredericksburg. Summary: Major Myers orders Captain Lacy to seize lumber near General McDowell's headquarters to build temporary military structures, requesting Brigadier-General Doubleday's assistance in construction.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 12, Part 1
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