Letter
Unknown to Robert Patterson, June 16, 1861
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
Washington, June 16, 1861.
General MCCLELLAN, Cincinnati :
We have nothing later from Patterson than his arrival last night at Hagerstown. The report that he is checked at Harper’s Ferry to-day therefore can’t be true. The enemy has evacuated Harper’s Ferry. Do not send a regiment across the mountains. There is no need of it.
Washington, June 16, 1861. Major-General PATTERSON, Commanding: You tell me you arrived last night at Hagerstown, and McClellan
writes you are checked at Harper’s Ferry. Where are you?
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: Washington.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 2
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