Letter
John A. Dix to Correspondence, Etc.union, August 20, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA,
Baltimore, Md., August 20, 1861.
His Excellency THomas H. Hicks, Governor of Maryland: .
SIR: I should be glad to know your opinion in regard to the measures which should -be adopted to break up the active communication manifestly going on between the Eastern Shore of Maryland and the Western Shore of Virginia. There have been rumors for some time that there is a rebel camp in Northampton County, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. If this be so, it appears to me that it should be broken up. Whatever we do should be well considered, and then car- – ried out with promptness and vigor. :
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN A. DIX,
Major-General, Commanding.
CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—UNION. .
Bc : NAVY DEPARTMENT, August 20, 1861.
Major-General, Commanding.
CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—UNION. .
Bc : NAVY DEPARTMENT, August 20, 1861.
. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War:
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, N. Virginia, W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Baltimore, Md..
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 5
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