Telegram
Unknown to Edwin McMasters Stanton, June 1, 1862
Near Strasburg, June 1, 1862.
Your telegram of this date received at 5 oâclock. The skirmish of this morning was confined to infantry and artillery of our advance and lasted about two hours, at the expiration of which time the enemy retired. Our loss only 7 wounded. State of rebels not known. I amnow (6 oâclock) about driving in their pickets, and if that does not bring cz a general engagement shall close with him early to-morrow morning.
J. O. FREMONT, Major-General.
Hon. E. M. STANTON, Seoretary of War.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: Near Strasburg. Summary: Major-General Fremont reports a two-hour skirmish near Strasburg with minimal Union casualties and plans to engage the enemy fully the next morning if no general battle ensues.
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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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