Robert C. Schenck to O. DE ForgEst, June 13, 1863

Fairfax Court-House :

Returned last night at 11 p.m., with 1 captain and 6 men of Mosby’s command, and 10 horses.

Mosby returned from raid in Maryland about 2 p. m. on the 11th. He brought 17 prisoners of the Sixth Michigan, and dispersed his men at Middleburg four hours before the telegram was written ordering us in pursuit of him. He is reported to have had 110, men but no artillery.

The prisoners will be sent in by first train.

J. HAMMOND, Major, Commanding Detachment.

BALTIMORE, June 13, 1863. Major-General Coucn,

Ewell, with Jackson’s old division, and in force, has been fighting us since last night at Winchester, and is pressing on to Martinsburg. I have not the means to check him at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad or at the Potomac River. I shall concentrate all I can to

hold Maryland Heights. ROBT. C. SCHENCK,

Major-General, Commanding.

BALTIMORE, M. D., June 13, 1863. Lieut. Col. Donn Piatt, Chief of Staff, Harper’s Ferry, W. Va.: Am quite too unwell for clear or active work. Will expect you this evening. Milroy telegraphed me yesterday that he could at any

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time, if not cut off from Martinsburg, have sufficient transportation to take all the public stores away from Winchester in six hours. You have probably heard of his successful skirmish with rebel cavMajor-General, Commanding.

BALTIMORE, M. D., June 13, 1863. Brigadier-General KELLEY, Harper’s Ferry, W. Va.:

The general commanding is surprised that orders concentrating Colonel Smith’s command and securing the force at Romney have not been regarded.

They must be complied with immediately.

DONN PIATT, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Chief of Staff.

BALTIMORE, Mp., June 13, 1863—2.55 p, m. Colonel Prart, Harper’s Ferry:

Instruct General Milroy to use great caution, risking nothing unnecessarily, and to be prepared for falling back, in good order, if overmatched. I rely on your having support afforded him as far as may be practicable. In the meantime, go on with your concentration of forces. Keep me advised of what is needed. What movement has been made from Romney ?

BALTIMORE, June 13, 1863. Brigadier-General KELLEY, Harper’s Ferry, W. Va.:

Your news of McReynolds falling back is confirmed by a dispatch from General Milroy, but he says nothing of stores destroyed. Nothing from Heintzelman or Stahel.

W. M. H. CHESEBROUGH, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL Tene oe} HEADQUARTERS HIGHTH ARMY CORPS, No. 159. Baltumore, Md., June 138, 1863.

V. Brig. Gen. D. Tyler, U.8. Volunteers, will proceed immediately to Harper’s Ferry and Martinsburg, confer with Brigadier-General Kelley, and assume command of all forces, including brigade at Martinsburg, which can be sent to the support of Major-General Milroy, and cover the march of that general’s forces to Harper’s Ferry.

CHAP. XXXIX,] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.— UNION.

The general commanding Highth Army Corps leaves much of the conduct of this important mission to the discretion of BrigadierGeneral Tyler, and only suggests Bunker Hill, 9 miles from Winchester, on the Martinsburg pike, as a suitable position on which to make a stand in case he should find the rebels in force between him and Major-General Milroy. General Tyler will keep constantly in communication with General Milroy during this co-operation.

By command of Major-General Schenck: