Order
Marsena R. Patrick to W. W. Beckwith, December 15, 1862
OFFICE OF THE PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL,
December 15, 1862.
December 15, 1862. 1st. Until further orders, no soldiers will be passed across the bridges to Fredericksburg, unless their commands shall be upon that side of the river, or they be provided with passes from the grand division commanders, or from these headquarters. 2d. No stragglers or wounded men will be permitted to cross from Fredericksburg to the opposite side of the river who shall not be provided with such passes, or who shall not be on duty. 3d. No property stolen from and belonging to inhabitants of I’redericksburg will be crossed over the bridges.
By command of Brigadier-General Patrick, provost-marshal-general :
W. W. BECKWITH,
Captain and Aide-de-Camp.
(Inclosure No. 17. }
HEADQUARTERS ABMY OF THE Potomac,
Captain and Aide-de-Camp.
(Inclosure No. 17. }
HEADQUARTERS ABMY OF THE Potomac,
Camp near Falmouth, Va., December 15, 1862.
Major-General HOOKER,
Commanding Center Grand Division :
Major-General HOOKER,
Commanding Center Grand Division :
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 1862–63. Summary: Brigadier-General Patrick orders strict control of troop and property movement across Fredericksburg bridges, prohibiting unauthorized crossings and stolen property transport during the 1862 Civil War campaign.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 21
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