Dispatch
Unknown to Thomas A. Soort, October 17, 1861
ANNAPOLIS
ANNAPOLIS, October 17, 1861.
Hon. THOMAS A. Soort, Assistant Secretary of War: Have received yourdispatch. I want the Highlanders (Seventy-ninth), and I have transportation. Send them on immediately.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: ANNAPOLIS. Summary: A military official urgently requests immediate transportation and deployment of the Seventy-ninth Highlanders to support Union efforts during the Civil War.
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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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