HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLYANIA, Hagerstown, Md., June 16, 1861. Bvt. Maj. Gen. GEORGE CADWALADER, Commanding First Division, Williamsport, Md.: GENERAL: By direction of the commanding general I send you a…
HAGERSTOWN HAGERSTOWN, June 16, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND : Design no pursuit; cannot make it. The enemy is routed by fear. Cross the river to-day. If approved wish to…
HAGERSTOWN HAGERSTOWN, June 16, 1861. Am here, checked by no enemy. Cadwalader waded the ford at Williamsport to-day. Rhode Island regiment gone to Cumberland. Asked McClellan to send one or…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, June 16, 1861. General MCCLELLAN, Cincinnati : We have nothing later from Patterson than his arrival last night at Hagerstown. The report that he is…
General, Commanding. CINCINNATI General, Commanding. CINCINNATI, June 16, 1861. General WINFIELD Scott: I hear from General Patterson that he is checked at Harper’s Ferry. If I do not hear from…
Washington Washington, June 15, 1861. General MCDOWELL, Arlington: General Scott says, whether Harper’s Ferry is evacuated or not, General Patterson cannot cross the river before Wednesday next [19th]. This in…
Washington Washington, June 15, 1861. Capt. B. Du Barry, U.S. Ag , Chambersburg, Pa.: It is said you are making ‘ire angements to send all regiments arriying at Harrisburg to…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Chambersburg, Pa., June 15, 1861. Colonel Wallace is threatened between Grafton and Cumberland by three thousand rebels, and asked for aid (artillery, infantry, and ammunition) from…
CHAMBERSBURG, PA. CHAMBERSBURG, PA., June 15, 1861. Maj. Gen. GEORGE CADWALADER, Commanding First Division, en route to Williamsport : GENERAL: The commanding general desires you to give Captain Newton the…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Chambersburg, Pa., June 15, 1861. Engineer Corps, en route to Williamsport : CAPTAIN: In reply to your note of this date, I have, by direction of…