Letter
Major-General to Henry W. Halleck, March 21, 1865
HANCOCK’S HEADQUARTERS,
March 21, 1865.
March 21, 1865. (Received 7 a. m. 22d.) Major-General HALLECK, Chief of Staff: I learn to-night, through a dispatch from General Carroll, at Cumberland, that Major-General Crook has assumed command of the Department of West Virginia, with headquarters at Cumberland. The headquarters of the department are at this place, and I am in command by the assignment of the President. I have no other official knowledge of General Crook’s being in this division. I have ordered him, if he has assumed command, to replace matters as he found them, and report at Frederick, Md., in arrest, and will prefer charges against him as soon as practicable.
WINF'D 8S. HANCOCK,
Major-General.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Major-General Hancock informs Major-General Halleck of Major-General Crook's unauthorized assumption of command in West Virginia and orders his arrest and charges.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 1
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