Letter

J. Irvin Gregg to D. McM. Greae, October 26, 1863

Author

J. Irvin Gregg

Recipient

D. McM. Greae

Date

October 26, 1863

Type

Letter

HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE,

October 26, 1863.

October 26, 1863—4.30 p. m. Brig. Gen. D. McM. Greae, Commanding Second Division:

GENERAL: I have just returned from Liberty. General Buford has fallen back to Germantown. The enemy in their advance paid no attention to my vedettes. About 3 p. m. they advanced on the Fayetteville road a short distance, and then moved off to my right, on the Fox’s Ford road. I feel alarmed for my vedettes. The enemy drove my meee from Beverly Ford. I have withdrawn my picket reserve to Fayetteville, and will send out vedettes as far as Liberty and to the junction of the road leading from Fayetteville to Fox’s Ford road. Ihave sent word to the picket at Freeman’s Ford to protect itself, and retire, if necessary, on Sulphur Springs. I will soon be without a command.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. IRVIN GREGG,
Colonel, Commanding Brigade.
SIGNAL STATION, October 26, 1863.
The signal officer on Watery Mountain reports that a large force

of the enemy is now moving from Rappahannock Station toward
Bealeton.

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Colonel J. Irvin Gregg reports enemy movements near Liberty and Fayetteville, orders strategic withdrawals and vedette deployments, and expresses concern over losing command during the 1863 Civil War engagements.

Topics

1863 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 29, Part 1 View original source ↗