Letter
Unknown to Henry W. Halleck, April 29, 1863
BALTIMORE, M. D.
BALTIMORE, M. D., April 29, 1863.
Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief, ‘Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: You may have observed some published notice of a bridg between Grafton and Clarksburg being burned
by order of an officer of
my own command. It was done by Colonel Wilkinson, Sixth Regiment
Virginia Volunteer Infantry, commanding Sixth Brigade, of General
Kelley's division, when the enemy were not yet within 40 miles of him.
The inclosed telegraphic correspondence will explain.
Virginia Volunteer Infantry, commanding Sixth Brigade, of General
Kelley's division, when the enemy were not yet within 40 miles of him.
The inclosed telegraphic correspondence will explain.
If Colonel Wilkinson does not ask for a court of inquiry, I expect to
give him a court-martial.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
give him a court-martial.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: BALTIMORE, M. D.. Summary: An officer reports to General Halleck the unauthorized burning of a bridge by Colonel Wilkinson and intends to court-martial him unless he requests a court of inquiry.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 25, Part 1
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