Letter
Levi Woodhouse to Winfield Scott, July 25, 1861
HAGERSTOWN
HAGERSTOWN, July 25, 1861.
Sir: I am possessed of reliable information that a messenger left this place for Baltimore with a dispatch from the Confederate Army to the rebels in Baltimore, to the effect that their generals were determined to imake a dash at some point,and that Beauregard was for attacking Washington and General Lee was for Baltimore, going through this State at this point, and this plan was adopted. This messenger stated that there would be hell to pay in this place in less than six days, and that Baltimore would be in their hands without the slightest doubt.
This messenger left here on the night of the 23d, and stated that his dispatch was from Governor Pratt, of this place. ‘
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
LEVI WOODHOUSE,
Colonel Commanding Fourth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers.
GENERAL ORDERS, } Hpqgrs. DEp't OF PENNSYLVANIA,
No. 33. § Harper's Ferry, Va., July 25, 1861.
Colonel Commanding Fourth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers.
GENERAL ORDERS, } Hpqgrs. DEp't OF PENNSYLVANIA,
No. 33. § Harper's Ferry, Va., July 25, 1861.
The term for which the troops from Pennsylvania were called into
service having expired, and nearly all of them having returned to their
homes, the commanding general, by direction of the War Department,
relinquishes the command of this department on the expiration of his
service having expired, and nearly all of them having returned to their
homes, the commanding general, by direction of the War Department,
relinquishes the command of this department on the expiration of his
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: HAGERSTOWN. Summary: Levi Woodhouse warns General Winfield Scott of a Confederate plan to attack Washington and Baltimore, based on a dispatch allegedly from Governor Pratt, predicting imminent rebel action in Baltimore.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 2
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