Order
Lorenzo Thomas to William H. Chesebrough, February 2, 1863
GENERAL ORDERS, } WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE,
February 2, 1863.
No. 26. Washington, D. C., February 2, 1863. The district of country north of the Potomac River from Piscataway Creek to Annapolis Junction and the mouth of the Monocacy, and south by Goose Creek and Bull Run Mountains to the mouth of the Occoquan, will constitute the Department of Washington, and troops in that department will constitute the Twenty-second Army Corps, to be commanded by Major-General Heintzelman.t
By order of the Secretary of War:
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General.
HARPER'S FERRY, February 3, 1863.
Col. WILLIAM H. CHESEBROUGH,
Adjutant-General.
HARPER'S FERRY, February 3, 1863.
Col. WILLIAM H. CHESEBROUGH,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Baltimore:
The following dispatch received from General Milroy last night. The
Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry proceeded to Winchester yesterday.
The following dispatch received from General Milroy last night. The
Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry proceeded to Winchester yesterday.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: L. Thomas informs William H. Chesebrough of the establishment of the Department of Washington and the Twenty-second Army Corps under Major-General Heintzelman, and relays a dispatch about the Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry's movement to Winchester.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 25, Part 1
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