Letter
Unknown to E.D. Townsend, July 24, 1861
GRAFTON
GRAFTON, July 24, 1861.
Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General : Cheat River region is stripped of troops except one regiment. One, diverted from Huttonsville, went to Oakland last night. Two more, ordered from Beverly, will reach there to-morrow evening. A telegram from Governor Morton announced the Twelfth and Sixteenth Indiana has left Indianapolis for Washington without orders from the Department. I have telegraphed Governor Morton troops are wanted here to clear Cheat River. You all see the necessity if the enemy is enterprising. Please reply as soon as possible.
W. 8S. ROSECRANS,
Brigadier-General, U. S. Army.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: GRAFTON.
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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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