Letter

Michael Corcoran to Major-General Drx, June 18, 1863

HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES FORCES,

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 Drx that Colonel Spear's attempts to cross near South Quay failed and were abandoned following orders from General Peck.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 27, Part 1 View original source ↗