Letter
Winf'd S. Hancock to Daniel Butterfield, June 16, 1863
HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS,
Dumfries, Va., June 16, 1863—10 a. m..
General BUTTERFIELD : My command is all here, excepting a small party of cavalry in rear, Three days’ rations have been issued to the entire command, and the leading division is starting, via Dyer’s Mills and Maple Valley, for Wolf Run. The artillery has plenty of forage. I patrol the roads to my left as far as possible with my cavalry in its exhausted condition. Thetelegraph station will be broken up when my rear guard leaves. I will notify you whenI leave in person. Stragglersall up. Public property abandoned by this command destroyed or otherwise taken care of. Have 50 or 60 mules and horses. No enemy in sight up to this time.
WINF'D S. HANCOCK,
Major-General, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: Dumfries, Va.. Summary: Major General Winfield S. Hancock reports to General Butterfield the movement of his Second Army Corps toward Wolf Run, the issuance of rations, condition of cavalry, and destruction of abandoned public property.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 27, Part 1
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