Dispatch

W. B. Franklin to S. Williams, -, December 6, 1861

Author

W. B. Franklin

Recipient

S. Williams, -

Date

December 6, 1861

Type

Dispatch

Camp Williams, December 6, 1861.

GENERAL:

I transmit with this a report of Brigadier-General Newton on the attack made upon our pickets on Monday last. The statements in it show bad behavior on the part of pickets of the division on my right, which I regretfully bring to the notice of the Commanding General. There is arumor that a sergeant who was acting as lieutenant deserted from these pickets on Sunday, the 1st instant. If this be the case, it may account for the accurate manner in which the dash was made by the enemyâs cavalry.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 3

Brigadier-General, Commanding Division.
Brig. Gen. S. WILLIAMS, –
Adjutant-General Army of Potomae, Washington, D. C.
~
> No. 4.
Report of Brig. Gen. John Newton, U. S. Army.

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in Maryland, N. Virginia, W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Camp Williams. Summary: Brigadier-General W. B. Franklin reports to General S. Williams on a failed picket attack, citing poor conduct and a possible sergeant's desertion aiding the enemy cavalry's success.

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 5 View original source ↗