Letter

y O. M. MITCHEL to HEADQUARTERS CAMP Dick ROBINSON, September 30, 1861

Author
y O. M. MITCHEL
Recipient
HEADQUARTERS CAMP Dick ROBINSON
Date
September 30, 1861
Type
Letter

September 30, 1861.

General THOMAS, Commanding Camp Dick Robinson :

In answer to your request, just received, I have ordered the following commanding officers to report to you for duty: Colonel Steedman today; Colonel Walker leaves to-night at 9; Colonel Connell leaves tomorrow at 2.30 p. m.; Colonel Bradley at 7 a. m. October 2; Colonel Dickey at 12 o’clock October 2; Colonel Norton at 6 a. m. October 3. Two batteries of 6-pounders will accompany these troops, and I hope to forward a third very soon.

I will take the field in person in case I find it possible to leave my headquarters here.

your obedient servant,

y O. M. MITCHEL,
Brigadier- General, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS CAMP Dick ROBINSON,
September 30, 1861.
Colonel LANDRAM, –
Or the Officer in command of Home Guards on Big Hill :
Sir: The enemy is reported to me as occupying London in force. I
therefore wish, and direct, you to obstruct the Richmond road by cut:

Editor's Notes
From: Operations in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 1861. Summary: Brigadier General O. M. Mitchel orders multiple colonels and artillery units to report to Camp Dick Robinson for duty and directs obstruction of the Richmond road to counter enemy forces occupying London.
Topics
1861Civil WarField ReportsMilitary CorrespondenceMilitary Operations
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 4 View original source ↗