Letter
- John A. Dix to GEORGE B. MOULELLAN, Commanding the Army, November 18, 1861
November 18, 1861.
; Baltimore, November 18, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to inclose copies of a dispatch from Brig. Gen. H. H. Lockwood, in command of the expedition to the Eastern Shore, and of a letter to him from Captain Knight, his assistant adjutant-general, communicating the gratifying intelligence that the rebel organizations nearest to the Virginia line in Accomac are broken up [No. 3]. They may rally in Northampton, but E hope not. No -effort will be spared to bring those counties back into the Union withvery respectfully, your obedient servant,
– JOHN A. DIX,
Major-General.
. No. 3.
Reports of Brig. Gen. Henry H. Lockwood, U.S. A.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, N. Virginia, W. Virginia, 1861–62. Summary: John A. Dix informs General George B. Moulellan that Union forces under Brig. Gen. Lockwood have disrupted rebel groups near the Virginia line and aim to restore Eastern Shore counties peacefully.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 5
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