Letter
Major-General WARREN to Major-General HUMPHREYS, July 27, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS,
July 27, 1864.
July 27, 1864. Major-General HUMPHREYS: I have 1,900 men in working details to-day, which will considerably diminish the number I can count upon to send off suddenly to any other place. I think we should suspend the siege order for the present.
Respectfully, nieara pate
Major-General of Volunteers.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE Potomac,
July 27, 1864.
Major-General WARREN:
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE Potomac,
July 27, 1864.
Major-General WARREN:
General McIntosh, commanding cavalry brigade picketing on the
left, reports that the statement made respecting 500 infantry on the
plank road is entirely unfounded. That being so, as the siege-works
going on are chiefly those for the secure approach to the batteries, the
left, reports that the statement made respecting 500 infantry on the
plank road is entirely unfounded. That being so, as the siege-works
going on are chiefly those for the secure approach to the batteries, the
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Major-General Warren informs Major-General Humphreys that 1,900 men are engaged in working details, reducing available troops and recommending suspension of the siege order temporarily.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 40, Part 1
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