Letter
Unknown to George B. McClellan, October 17, 1861
WAR DEPARTMENT
WAR DEPARTMENT, October 17, 1861.
General MCCLELLAN: If Generals Stevens and Sherman want the New York Seventy-ninth to go with expedition, can you spare them without serious loss or inconvenience? Please answer.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: WAR DEPARTMENT. Summary: The War Department inquires if General McClellan can spare the New York Seventy-ninth regiment for an expedition without causing significant loss or inconvenience.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 6
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