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419 Series I Volume XXXVII-II Serial 71 - Monocacy Part II

Page 419 Chapter XLIX. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. -UNION.


HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF KANAWHA,
Snicker's Ferry, July 22, 1864-6 a. m.

[Brigadier General W. W. AVERELL?:]

GENERAL: We start this morning for Winchester. Remain there until we come.

By command of Major-General Crook:

[B. H. MOORE,]

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

HARPER'S FERRY, July 22, 1864.

Captain WILL RUMSEY,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

General Hunter directs that the men of Fifth West Virginia Cavalry remain at Back Creek for the present.

P. G. BIER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. SECOND CAVALRY DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF WEST VIRGINIA, Numbers 24.
Martinsburg, July 22, 1864.

I. Major Luther Furney, Thirty-fourth Ohio Mounted Infantry, will take command of the detachments of infantry in and about the town. He will send all those who are fit for duty to the front. All who are fit for only light duty will be put in camp at this place, under convalescent officers, and used for such duty as they are able. As soon as possible they will be sent to the front. He will see that the town is kept clean and in good condition, and that no disorder is permitted about it. He will require all officers arriving in the town to report to him, and will either assign them to duty or send them to their regiments.

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By command of Brigadier General W. W. Averell:

WILL RUMSEY,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


HEADQUARTERS SIXTH AND NINETEENTH CORPS,
July 22, 1864.

General EMORY:

GENERAL: In reply to your note I have to say that I know nothing in regard to the disposition to be made of either corps, the orders I have simply ordering me to bring the force at once to Washington on being satisfied that the enemy was actually retreating toward Richmond. But I do know the necessity for some time to rest and supply my own corps, as well as yours, and I have already represented it in a dispatch sent to Washington yesterday. You can do much toward the necessary refitting by an early return to the city, and there will be no objection to your doing so. I wish to see the command in camp some three miles from here to-night, and then propose starting for Washington, and shall be happy to have you


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