Lorenzo Thomas to 12 8 RââVOL II, December 23, 1861
HDQRS. OF THE ARMY, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE,
Washington, December 23, 1861.
Hon. SECRETARY OF WAR, Washington, D. C.:
S1z: In compliance with your instructions, [ have the honor to report that, after due consideration, the General-in-Chief is of opinion it would be “incompatible with the public interest to furnish the Senate with copies of the correspondence between Lieutenant-General Scott and Major-General Patterson, and with all orders from the former to the latter from the 16th day of April, 1861, to the 23d day of July, inclusive,”
_ at this time, as called for in the resolution of December 17, 1861.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Adjutant- General.
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NEw York, March 31, 1862.
To the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War:
On the statement of Major-General Patterson, submitted by him as
evidence to the honorable the Committee of the House of Representatives on the Conduct of the War, I beg leave to remark—