Letter
Schuyler Hamilton, | to Joseph K. Mansfield, July 20, 1861
Washington, July 20, 1861.
General MANSFIELD, Commanding, é&e. :
Telegraphic communication only open to Fairfax.
You will please therefore take measures to carry out instructions of General-in-Chief to send forward recruits early in the morning. I suppose you can send the recruits part of the way by rail. Cars now run to within 25 miles of Fairfax Station. Trains leave. Alexandria at 6 and 9 a. m.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Military Secretary.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: Washington. Summary: Schuyler Hamilton instructs General Mansfield to arrange early morning transport of recruits toward Fairfax using available rail service to support military operations.
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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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