Dispatch
Samuel T. Cushing to Captain Cushing, May 1, 1863
HEADQUARTERS LEFT WING,
May 1, 1863.
May 1, 1863—6.50 a. m. [Captain CUSHING :] Received dispatch from General Williams in regard to movements of enemy. JOHN SEDGWICK, Major-General. SEDGWICK’S CROSSING, May 1, 1863—7.15 a. m. Captain CUSHING: General Sedgwick wishes to have this line extended to General Reynolds. We have no lances; send another instrument. WILSON, Tneutenant. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE Potomac, May 1, 1863. Lieutenant WILSON: Extend to General Reynolds, as requested. Fifteen miles of wire came from Washington this morning. General Sedgwick will give you a detail to cut lances from the trees. I will send you some wire as soon as possible.
SAMUEL T. CUSHING,
Captain, &e.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Samuel T. Cushing coordinates with Captain Cushing and Lieutenant Wilson to extend telegraph lines to General Reynolds, addressing equipment shortages during the Army of the Potomac's movements in May 1863.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 25, Part 1
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