Order

Unknown to TOWNSEND, Headquarters Army, June 25, 1861

Author

Unknown

Recipient

TOWNSEND, Headquarters Army

Date

June 25, 1861

Type

Order

HAGERSTOWN

HAGERSTOWN, June 25, 1861.

Colonel TOWNSEND, Headquarters Army :

Restrained by an order from General McClellan (as he says a sharp reprimand for attempting to move), Wallace remains in Cumberland to await the result of some of General McClellan’s movements. He asks

: x for orders; reports six days’ provisions on hand ; ready to move, and no enemy near.

Washington, June 26,1861. General PATTERSON, Hagerstown, via Chambersburg and Harrisburg: Your telegram of 25th received. Let Colonel Wallace remain at Cumberland until further orders.

HAGERSTOWN, June 26, 1861. [General McCALL :] My DEAR GENERAL: If I can get permission to go over into Virginia, I intend to cross the river and offer battle to the insurgents. As the regulars and Rhode Island regiment and the battery have been taken from me, I will require all the force now here, and must leave the Pennsylvania line unguarded. Please inform me how many men you could throw forward and how soon.

Very respectfully and truly, yours,

JUNE 26, 1861.
Abstract from return of the Department of Northeastern Virginia, commanded by BrigadierGeneral McDowell, U. 8. Army, for June 26, 1861.
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Editor's Notes

From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: HAGERSTOWN.

Topics

1861 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 2 View original source ↗