Letter
Robert Patterson to E.D. Townsend, July 19, 1861
CHARLESTOWN
CHARLESTOWN, July 19, 1861.
Col. E. D. TOWNSEND: I sent Major Russell to you to-day as messenger. The Second and Third Pennsylvania Volunteers demand discharge, and I send them ~ Cuar. IX.] OPERATIONS IN Shenandoah VALLEY. . home to-morrow ; others follow immediately. The enemy, from last information, are still at Winchester, and being re-enforced every night. I have asked Postmaster-General to establish post-office at Harper’s
; R. PATTERSON,
Major-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: CHARLESTOWN. Summary: Major-General R. Patterson informs Colonel E. D. Townsend of Pennsylvania Volunteers demanding discharge and reports enemy reinforcements at Winchester while requesting a post office at Harper's.
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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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