Letter
Robert Patterson to Wynkoop, June 17, 1861
HAGERSTOWN, MD.
HAGERSTOWN, MD., June 17, 1861.
General Wynkoop, Commanding Second Brigade:
GENERAL: Have your command under arms and en route to. Williamsport on the cross-road from Funkstown to Williamsport road by daybreak. On arrival report to General Cadwalader. Take every precaution for your men not to fire without orders, lest they injure their friends. Supply them with forty rounds of ammunition. Procure a guide. Leave a guard with your camp. Be careful and not be surprised.
By order of General Patterson :
F. J. PORTER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
P. S.—Have out your pickets.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
P. S.—Have out your pickets.
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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