Letter
Wesley Merritt to James W. Forsyth, March 20, 1865
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY,
March 20, 1865.
March 20, 1865. Colonel ForsyTH, Additional Aide-de-Camp : COLONEL: On my return to camp I find a consolidated report of the number of dismounted men, &c., an abstract of which I submit for the information of the general commanding. There are 1,323 dismounted men of the command, 2,161 unserviceable horses, making the total of horses needed to mount the command effectively 3,484. There are 427 men without arms. The number of unserviceable horses, I think, can be reduced by a close inspection, which will have to-morrow.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. MERRITT,
Brevet Major-General.
'WHITE House, March 20, 1865.
Col. J. Q. ANDERSON, .
Brevet Major-General.
'WHITE House, March 20, 1865.
Col. J. Q. ANDERSON, .
Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, Remount Camp,
Pleasant Valley, or Winchester, Va.:
You will at once join this command at the White House. General
Sheridan also wishes you to order all line and regimental officers
Pleasant Valley, or Winchester, Va.:
You will at once join this command at the White House. General
Sheridan also wishes you to order all line and regimental officers
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Brevet Major-General W. Merritt reports to Colonel Forsyth the critical shortage of serviceable horses and arms within the cavalry command, requesting inspections to address unserviceable mounts before remount orders.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 1
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