Letter
John A. Dix to Henry H. Lockwood, September 30, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA,
September 30, 1861.
` ‘ September 30, 1861. Brigadier-General LOCKWOOD, Cambridge:
SIR: I am authorized by Major-General McClellan to disarm any companies on the Eastern Shore of Maryland which are training with supposed hostile intentions toward the Government. There is a company at Riall’s-Landing, on the Nanticoke River, commanded by Captain Moore, and called the Tyaskin Guards, which ought to be disarmed. Will you please see that is done ?
your obedient servant,
JOHN A. DIX,
Major-General, Commanding.
Major-General, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, N. Virginia, W. Virginia, 1861–62. Summary: John A. Dix instructs Brigadier-General Lockwood to disarm the Tyaskin Guards on Maryland's Eastern Shore due to their suspected hostile intentions against the Union government.
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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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