Letter
Unknown to Edwin M. Stanton, May 24, 1862
May 24, 1862.
: Near Rectortown, Va., May 24, 1862. Captain Gillinghamâs company, of the First Maryland, being attacked at Linden by 200 cavalry and two pieces of artillery, fell back into my lines at Markham, and is now at these headquarters; his men all safe, JNO. W. GEARY, Brigadier-General, Commanding. Hon. E. M. STANTON.
Report of Lieut. William W. Rowley, Twenty-eighth New York Infantry, Acting Signal Officer, of operations May 24-25.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Brigadier General John W. Geary reports to Secretary Edwin M. Stanton that Captain Gillingham's Maryland company safely retreated after an attack by cavalry and artillery near Linden, Virginia.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 12, Part 1
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