Letter

J. C. Kelton to Brigadier-General WILLIAMS, September 11, 1863

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,

Brigadier-General WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant-General:

GENERAL: General Canby telegraphs that the following regiments are en route to the Army of the Potomac: The Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Twenty-ninth, Sixty-sixth, One hundred and tenth, One hundred and twenty-sixth, One hundred and twenty-second Ohio.

The Second Massachusetts, First Minnesota, Third Wisconsin, Fourteenth and Twenty-seventh Indiana, Seventh Michigan, Third and Fourth Vermont, Thirty-third New Jersey, and First Delaware and Seventh Massachusetts Batteries, and the Second, Third, Eleventh, Fourteenth, Seventeenth, and Twelfth U.S. Infantry are waiting transportation. The Third Michigan, Second, Fifth, and Sixth Vermont, and Fifth Michigan will sail as soon as relieved. These regiments have been ordered to march from Alexandria.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. C. KELTON,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
{Indorsement. ] , 1863.
Corps commanders will draw from the quartermaster's department the transportation required by existing orders for such of the
above-mentioned regiments as belong to their respective commands,
and have the same in readiness on the return of the regiments.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE Potomac,
September 11, 1863.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: Washington, D. C.. Summary: J. C. Kelton informs Brigadier-General Williams of multiple regiments ordered to transport from Alexandria to reinforce the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War in 1863.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 29, Part 1 View original source ↗