Letter
Joseph Hooker to J. C. Kelton, February 10, 1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO,
Camp near Falmouth, Va., February 10, 1863.
Col. J. C. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant-General :
The dispatch of which the following is an extract has been received to-day from General Doubleday :
The Pennsylvania regiments given in place of the Reserves do not contain as many men as the latter brought here. There is a deficiency of about 250 men. I think they ought to give another regiment from some other State to make up the deficiency.
I respectfully request that this deficiency be made up, and that General Heintzelman be directed to send the full number, according to the understanding, viz, the same number of men as were returned in the Pennsylvania Reserves.
Very respectfully,
JOSEPH HOOKER,
Major-General, Commanding.
[Indorsement.]
FEBRUARY 12, 1863.
Major-General, Commanding.
[Indorsement.]
FEBRUARY 12, 1863.
Regiments cannot be broken up in order to exactly equalize. Moreover, a regiment was given to General Schenck, at General Hooker's
request.
request.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: Camp near Falmouth, Va.. Summary: Joseph Hooker requests additional troops to compensate for a 250-man shortfall in Pennsylvania regiments replacing the Reserves, emphasizing the need to maintain agreed troop numbers.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 25, Part 1
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