Max Weber to R. S. Rodgers, May 3, 1864
Col. R. S. RoDGERs, Commanding at Martinsburg:
Your letter is received. General Weber is very sorry to hear of your condition, but he can render you no assistance for the next three or four days. The Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry have reported to relieve your regiment on the railroad. A full cavalry regiment was expected, but in fact only some 130 mounted men and 300 or eral Weber will send you to-day, if possible, as many dismounted men as are armed, to be employed by you according to your discretion. General Weber is satisfied with your action in the case of the men of the Twenty-first New York Cavalry. Ascertain the whereabouts of Lieutenant Joslyn, and under whose orders he acted. If his orders do not justify his conduct, place him in arrest.
By order of Brig. Gen. Max Weber:
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
New CREEK, May 3, 1864.
[AssIsTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, DEPT. OF W. Virginia :]
Parkersburg has not replied to my inquiries made yesterday ; consequently nothing is known of the position of his command. Colonel Harris reports that his regiment and detachments of the Twentyfirst New York and Sixth Virginia Cavalry are all at Beverly,
except large scouting party now out in Pocahontas, Tucker, and
Randolph Counties. If the information in my dispatch of this