Letter
R. S. Rodgers to Burligh, May 6, 1864
MARTINSBURG
MARTINSBURG, May 6, 1864.
Captain BURLÂ¥IGH, Assistant Adjutant-General:
A company of 120 cavalry reported tome this morning.
By order
of Major-General Sigel, I sent yesterday by a messenger a detail of
the number of dismounted men necessary to relieve my regiment
from this to Duffield's, viz, 325 men. If thecavalry are mounted, 50
at Kearneysville and 50 at Duffield's, to report to the commanding
the number of dismounted men necessary to relieve my regiment
from this to Duffield's, viz, 325 men. If thecavalry are mounted, 50
at Kearneysville and 50 at Duffield's, to report to the commanding
officer there, willdo. This would not relieve the infantry on duty
there.
there.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, Pt. 1. Location: MARTINSBURG. Summary: R. S. Rodgers requests cavalry reinforcements and specifies troop deployments to relieve infantry duties between Martinsburg, Kearneysville, and Duffield's in May 1864.
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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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