Letter
P. Heintzelman to J. B. Fry, Arlington, June 5, 1861
ALEXANDRIA
ALEXANDRIA, June 5, 1861.
Capt. J. B. Fry, Arlington : I have it from a most reliable source that there are 20,000 men at Manassas Junction, Lee’s Station, Fairfax Court-House, and Centreville. Persons from there are instructed to say that there is a much smaller force there. General Beauregard arrived ‘at Manassas Junction on Friday last. General Lee has returned to Richmond.
8. P. HEINTZELMAN.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: ALEXANDRIA. Summary: P. Heintzelman informs J. B. Fry of Confederate troop concentrations near Manassas Junction and surrounding areas, noting General Beauregard's arrival and General Lee's return to Richmond in June 1861.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 2
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