Letter
Unknown to Thomas W. Sherman, Annapolis, October 17, 1861
Washington
Washington, October 17, 1861.
General THOMAS W. SHERMAN, Annapolis :
_If General McClellan should consent to spare the New York Seventy ninth Regiment to join your expedition with General Stevens, do you gant them, and have you transportation for them? Answer immedia y.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Washington. Summary: A military official urgently inquires whether General Sherman can accept and transport the New York Seventy-ninth Regiment for an expedition with General Stevens, pending General McClellan's approval.
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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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