Letter

Lorenzo Thomas to . Cmar. XIV] BALL'S BLUFF AND EDWARDS FERRY, VA. 347, December 11, 1861

Author

Lorenzo Thomas

Recipient

. Cmar. XIV] BALL'S BLUFF AND EDWARDS FERRY, VA. 347

Date

December 11, 1861

Type

Letter

December 11, 1861.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, Washington, December 11, 1861. .

SIR : In compliance with your instructions I have the honor to report, in reference to the resolution of the honorable the House of Representatives, received the 3d instant, “Thatthe Secretary of War be requested, . if not incompatible with the public interest, to report to this House whether any, and if any, what measures have been taken to ascertain who is responsible for the disastrous movement of our troops at Balls Bluff,” that the General-in-Chief of the Army is of opinion an inquiry on the subject of the resolution would at this time be injurious to the public service.

The resolution is herewith respectfully returned.

Respectfully submitted.

Adjutant- General.

. Cmar. XIV] BALL’S BLUFF AND EDWARDS FERRY, VA.

No. 20.

. Report of General G: T. Beauregard, C. S. Army, with congratulatory

orders.

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in Maryland, N. Virginia, W. Virginia, 1861–62. Summary: Adjutant-General L. Thomas reports to the Secretary of War that a House resolution requesting an inquiry into the Ball's Bluff troop disaster is deemed potentially harmful to public service and is therefore returned without action.

Topics

1861 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 5 View original source ↗