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Page 697 Chapter XLIX. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. - UNION.


HEADQUARTERS,
Harper's Ferry, W. Va., June 30, 1864-3 p.m.

Major MEYSENBURG,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Martinsburg:

The Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry are not yet armed, and Duffield's cannot be re-enforced from this place. The scout sent from Martinsburg at 1 p.m. reported here, and has returned. Have you received the telegram I sent at 10 a.m. yesterday, stating that Mosby was in Charlestown?

MAX WEBER

Brigadier-General.

MARTINSBURG, June 30, 1864.

[General MAX WEBER:]

Your dispatch received of 10 a.m. yesterday. It was referred to Stahel for immediate action. When returned the line was broken, rendering an answer impossible.

T. A. MEYSENBURG,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

Abstract from return of the Department of Washington, Major General Christopher C. Augur, U. S. Army, commanding, for month of June, 1864.

Pieces

Present for duty. of artillery.

Command. Offic Men Aggreg Aggrega Heavy Field

ers ate te

presen present

t and

absent

General 22 178 211 230 - -

headquarters

Artillery Camp 19 532 649 693 - 26

of Instruction

(Howe)

Cavalry Depot 11 130 219 248 - -

(Blake)

Cavalry 53 2,147 3,381 3,980 - -

Division*

(Gamble)

District of 105 2,601 3,559 5,210 - -

Washington

(Wisewell)

General 37 1,968 2,805 3,096 - -

hospitals,

guards, &c

Haskin's 187 4,068 5,082 5,424 411 -

division

Fort 6 111 162 169 73 -

Washington,

Md. (Brooks)

District of 78 2,233 2,970 3,615 - 7

Saint Mary's,

Md. (Draper)

Total, north 518 13,986 19,038 22,665 484 33

of the Potomac

District of 51 1,437 2,249 2,710 - 6

Alexandria

(Slough)

Provost- 7 236 262 304 - -

marshal's

command

(Wells)

Rendezvous of 26 1,357 1,612 1,753 - -

Distribution,

&c. (McKelvy)

Provisional 8 236 270 288 - -

brigades

(Casey)

De Russy's 275 6,345 7,914 8,419 466 -

division

Cavalry 159 1,126 1,944 2,767 - -

Brigade

(Lowell)

Total, south 426 10,737 14,251 16,241 466 6

of the Potomac

Grand total 944 24,723 33,289 38,906 950 39

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*Only 814 serviceable horses reported in command.

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