Letter
Jos. Dickinson to William W. Averell, December 13, 1862
HEADQUARTERS CENTER GRAND DIVISION,
Phillips House, December 13, 1862.
Brig. Gen. W. W. AVERELL, Commanding Cavalry Brigade :
The major-general commanding directs me to request that you dispatch no additional force in the direction of Hartwood, as ordered today, until further orders. General Pleasonton, with a heavy force, will move in that direction, to cross at the United States Ford, if practicable, and move up in rear of the enemy, on the south side of the Rappahannock.
Very respectfully, &c.,
JOS. DICKINSON,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 1862–63. Location: Phillips House. Summary: Joseph Dickinson instructs Brig. Gen. Averell to halt additional troop movements toward Hartwood pending further orders, as General Pleasonton plans a major maneuver crossing the Rappahannock River.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 21
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