Letter

Unknown to Daniel B. Birney, June 13, 1863

HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS,

Major-General BUTTERFIELD, Chief of Staff :

Two boys, from Culpeper yesterday, stated the cavalry was still in that vicinity. This is alll knowof Stuart’s movements. Your dispatch of 2p. m. received. A. PLEASONTON, Brigadwer-General.

BEALETON STATION, June 138, 1863. General PLEASONTON : My command now hold fords to Beverly, and I depend on you for my right flank. The cavalry pickets on my right strike me as very thin. Enemy’s trains seem to be in motion toward the right. I should have a

squadron of cavalry as patrol ; try and spare it. D. B. BIRNEY, Major-General, Commanding.

Hpgers. ELEVENTH OorPs, ARMY OF THE Potomac, Weaversville, June 13, 1863—3.20.

Brigadier-General PLEASONTON, Commanding Cavalry Corps: The Eleventh Corps will reach this place before dark, and encamp between Weaversville and Catlett’s Station. Is there any news?

Very respectfully, Ae eo ooo

Major-General, Commanding.
P. S.—Please inform me whether you have any telegraphic communication with headquarters*of the army.
86 N. ©. V. A., W. V. A., M. D., P. A., ETC. (Cuap. XXXIX.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Union generals Birney and Pleasonton coordinate cavalry movements and reconnaissance near Culpeper and Weaversville during the Gettysburg Campaign in June 1863.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 27, Part 1 View original source ↗