Letter

J. P. Benjamin to The distribution of my division for the defense of the Occoquan and, March 20, 1862

Author

J. P. Benjamin

Recipient

The distribution of my division for the defense of the Occoquan and

Date

March 20, 1862

Type

Letter

March 20, 1862.

; l Richmond, Va., March 20, 1862. GENERAL: The President requests that I should inform you that. unofficial reports have reached him of great destruction of property—burning tents, destruction of ammunition, &oc.—in the division commanded by General Whiting in the recent retrograde movement of the army, and he desires that you will require of General Whiting a detailed report on the subject. : I am,

your obedient servant, à :

Acting Secretary of War.

I submit, accordingly, the following report upon the subject of these .

unofficial imputations :

The distribution of my division for the defense of the Occoquan and .

support of the Evansport battery (the right of General Johnston’s posiME A E ES MERE, Ñ ET AQ RUE d UR Pa oe T P d

o Omar XIV] . WITHDRAWAL OF CONFEDERATE FORCES.

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in Maryland, N. Virginia, W. Virginia, 1861–62. Summary: J. P. Benjamin requests a detailed report from General Whiting regarding alleged destruction of property and ammunition during the Confederate army's retrograde movement near Occoquan in 1862.

Topics

1862 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 5 View original source ↗