Letter

Oliver O. Howard to Major-General HUMPHREYS, September 20, 1863

HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH CORPS,

September 20, 1863. Major-General HUMPHREYS, Chief of Staff, Army of the Potomac:

Captain Higgins, Seventy-third Ohio Volunteers, with a patrol, took 2 rebel prisoners near Brentsville. I send them to General Patrick this a. m.

Respectfully,

O. O. HOWARD,
Major-General.
MITCHELL's STATION, Beenie 20, 1863.
(Received 6.15 p. m.)
Capt. L. B. Norton, Chief Signal Officer:
Dispatch received. The following messages read to-day:
11 a, m.
General LEE:
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Major-General O. O. Howard reports to Major-General Humphreys the capture of two Confederate prisoners near Brentsville by Captain Higgins and forwards them to General Patrick.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 29, Part 1 View original source ↗