Letter
Jul. Stahel to Max Weber, May 5, 1864
CAMP NEAR WINCHESTER
CAMP NEAR WINCHESTER, May 5, 1864.
Brig. Gen. Max WEBER, Harper’s Ferry:
GENERAL: Your. letter is received. You are requested to make such use of the Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry as you deem proper, but it is requested that you do not make use of troops at Remount Camp for duty on the railroad, but, being as they are under your direction, you are at liberty to use them in case of an emergency. Will send you 200 or 300 motunted men.
Respectfully,
JUL. STAHEL,
Major-General.
HARPER'S FERRY, W. Va., May 5, 1864.
Major-General.
HARPER'S FERRY, W. Va., May 5, 1864.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, Pt. 1. Location: CAMP NEAR WINCHESTER. Summary: Major-General Stahel authorizes Brig. Gen. Weber to deploy the Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry as needed, restricts use of Remount Camp troops for railroad duty, and promises additional mounted men.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 37, Part 1
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