Letter
Robert Patterson to CADWALADER, Williamsport, Md, June 17, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA,
Hagerstown, Md., June 17, 1861.
General CADWALADER, Williamsport, Md.:
GENERAL: Have halted Thomas, Miles, and Burnside, sent for a battery at Carlisle, and have the whole force here ready to move to you. Hold your command well in hand. Contest the ford with good marksmen. Keep your command together to make a good stand till re-enforced.
By order of General Patterson :
F. J. PORTER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
P. S.—The general sends Colonel Starkweather to you at once. Keep
the general informed by express.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
P. S.—The general sends Colonel Starkweather to you at once. Keep
the general informed by express.
CORRESPONDENCE, ETC —UNION.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: Hagerstown, Md..
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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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