NEAR HOOD'S MILLS, MD., June 30, 1863 –
5 a.m.
Lieut. Col. J. H. TAYLOR:
COLONEL: As far as I can learn, the enemy has all passed
Westminster. Unless Hooker's cavalry can intercept them west of there, and
drive them back, I believe there is little chance of their returning this way.
I sent last night to communicate with Hooker's picket on the Frederick and
Baltimore turnpike, a few miles west of Cooksville, but the officer has not
returned.
Rations are out to-day, but I can manage if you have any
information that they are likely to return this way. Have sent north to
Freedom, and shall wait here for orders from you.
C. R. LOWELL, JR.,
Colonel.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records
of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 27, Part 3 (Serial
No. 45), p. 428
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