Unknown to General Stone, October 28, 1861

Washington, October 28, 1861.

Respectfully referred to General Stone, by whom it should be for‘warded in due course. It is proper to state that Captain Young stated

in person that he had wished to prepare an account of the battle in which Colonel Baker was killed, having been one of his staff. He was told to submit it in writing, which he did.

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General.

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Received headquarters Corps of Observation, Poolesville, October 31, 1861. : : i

This extraordinary production of a fertile imagination is respectfully forwarded. I have no time to notice its misstatements, but would simply call attention to the last clause in the communication, which 1 am informed is true: “There was no regularity or order in the movement of the boats.” Had there been, there would have been no disaster, and Mr. Young, the author of the within, was Colonel Baker’s quartermaster. – Ã

OHAS. P. STONE, Brigadier- General, Commanding.

Report of Brig. Gen. Charles P. Stone, U. S. Army, of operations opposite A Edwards Ferry, Maryland. ;