Letter

N. Wilkinson to Captain Keeper, May 9, 1864

NEw CREEK

Captain Keeper was last p. m. directed to send section of his battery to Beverly. He replies: ” Please inform me by whose orders I am to move on road to Beverly ; this is the fourth trip in two weeks.”

N. WILKINSON,

Colonel, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, Pt. 1. Location: NEw CREEK. Summary: Colonel Wilkinson orders Captain Keeper to send a battery section to Beverly, prompting Keeper to request clarification on the authority for this repeated deployment.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 37, Part 1 View original source ↗