Letter
J. H. Taylor to Robert O. Tyler, May 13, 1864
Washington, D. C.
Washington, D. C., May 13, 1864.
Commanding, Fairfax Court-House:
GENERAL: Let the Seventeenth New York Battery remain at Fairfax Court-House and report to Colonel Lowell. Send the Irish Legion to Alexandria, reporting their departure by telegram. The colonel commanding will, on reaching Alexandria, place his command in Soldiers’ Rest and report by telegram to these headquarters.
Very respectfully,
J. H. TAYLOR,
Chief of Staff and Assistant Adjutant-General.
Nrar WoopstTook, Va., May 13, 1864—5 p. m.
(Received 12 m. 14th.)
Chief of Staff and Assistant Adjutant-General.
Nrar WoopstTook, Va., May 13, 1864—5 p. m.
(Received 12 m. 14th.)
ADJUTANT-GENERAL U.S. Army:
The following dispatches were found with many others in telegraph papers by Mr. McCaine, cipher operator at Woodstock, after
we entered the town. It shows that Breckinridge is at Staunton,
and has sent 4,000 men there. Captain Davis now commands Gilmor's battalion, and is in our front:
The following dispatches were found with many others in telegraph papers by Mr. McCaine, cipher operator at Woodstock, after
we entered the town. It shows that Breckinridge is at Staunton,
and has sent 4,000 men there. Captain Davis now commands Gilmor's battalion, and is in our front:
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, Pt. 1. Location: Washington, D. C.. Summary: J. H. Taylor directs troop movements during the Civil War, ordering the Seventeenth New York Battery to Fairfax Court-House and the Irish Legion to Alexandria, while reporting Confederate positions near Staunton.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 37, Part 1
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