Letter
Unknown to Brigadier General Morris, May 26, 1861
Cincinnati, May 26, 1861.
Brigadier-General Morris, Indianapolis:
You will probably be Mabel to-morrow to move with, say, two regiments to Wheeling or Parkersburg. Circumstances may change this, but be ready. Keep this secret; and when you do move, give out Pittsburgh, or some other point, as your destination.
GEO. B. McCLELLAN, Major-General, U. S. Army, Commanding Department.
Proclamation to the People of Western Virginia.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: Cincinnati. Summary: Major General McClellan instructs Brigadier General Morris to secretly prepare to move two regiments to Wheeling or Parkersburg, misleading others by announcing a different destination.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 2
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