Order
N. Wilkinson to Wilkinson, May 9, 1864
CUMBERLAND
CUMBERLAND, May 9, 1864.
Colonel WILKINSON, New Creek: Order cne of the regiments coming via Parkersburg to New Creek; the other to this place. B. F. KELLEY, Brigadier-General. New CREEK, May 9, 1864. The following just received from Parkersburg: I most respectfully ask for General Sigel’s order to move my command. I have reported to him by order. J. B. ARMSTRONG, Colonel 134th Ohio National Guard. I have replied, ordering him to move immediately, and that my authority to direct him is ample, not only from General Sigel but from you, stating your authority to command.
N. WILKINSON,
Colonel.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, Pt. 1. Location: CUMBERLAND. Summary: Colonel Wilkinson directs troop movements of regiments arriving via Parkersburg to strategic locations and asserts his authority to command Colonel Armstrong's 134th Ohio National Guard regiment during the 1864 Civil War operations.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 37, Part 1
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