Letter
Joseph Hooker to Joseph Hooker, December 15, 1862
Camp near Falmouth, Va.
Camp near Falmouth, Va., December 15, 1862.
Maj. Gen. JOSEPH HOOKER, Commanding Center Grand Division : By direction of the general commanding, I have the honor to inform you that he disapproves of the proposition to send out a flag of truce, for the parpose of burying the dead between the picket lines of the two
I have the honor to be, general, very respectfully, your obedient
servant.
: LEWIS Richmond,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
[Inclosure No. 19.]
: LEWIS Richmond,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
[Inclosure No. 19.]
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE Potomac,
December 15, 1862.
Major-General HOOKER,
Commanding Center Grand Division:
December 15, 1862.
Major-General HOOKER,
Commanding Center Grand Division:
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 1862–63. Location: Camp near Falmouth, Va.. Summary: Major-General Hooker informs Joseph Hooker that the commanding general disapproves sending a flag of truce to bury the dead between Union and Confederate picket lines near Falmouth, Virginia.
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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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