Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Major-General George B. McClellan to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, September 19, 1862 – 10:30 a.m.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
 September 19, 1862 10.30 a.m. (Received 11 a.m.)
 Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief:

Pleasonton is driving the enemy across the river. Our victory was complete. The enemy is driven back into Virginia. Maryland and Pennsylvania are now safe.

 GEO. B. McCLELLAN,
Major-General.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 19, Part 2 (Serial No. 28), p. 330

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