Letter
Unknown to Alfred Pleasonton, September 1, 1863
HEADQUARTERS THIRD CAVALRY DIVISION,
September 1, 1863.
September 1, 1863—3 p. m. General PLEASONTON:
My advance drove in the rebel pickets one-half mile north of King George CourtHouse. Iam advancing on the threeroads I have not yet learned the strength of the enemy. The gunboats came up to Port Conway on Saturday.
GEO. G. MEADE, Major-General.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE Potomac, September 2, 1863. Maj. Gen. H. W. HaAuueck, General-in-Chief : The following dispatch from General Kilpatrick, just received through General Pleasonton, is forwarded for your information :
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: General Kilpatrick reports to General Pleasonton advancing beyond rebel pickets near King George Courthouse and notes gunboats arriving at Port Conway during the 1863 Civil War campaign.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 29, Part 1
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