Letter
Michael Corcoran to Drex, June 18, 1863
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES FORCES,
Suffolk, Va., June 18, 1863.
Major-General Drx, Fort Monroe: Colonel Spear is returning, his attempts to cross having been ineffectual. e proposed to make another effort below South Quay, but relinquished it, in accordance with orders predicated upon a dispatch from General Peck, received last evening.
MICHAEL CORCORAN,
Brigadier-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: Suffolk, Va.. Summary: Brigadier-General Michael Corcoran reports to Major-General Drex the unsuccessful attempts by Colonel Spear to cross near South Quay and the subsequent abandonment of the effort per General Peck's orders.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 27, Part 1
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