War Department, Washington City, August 15,1863.
General, — We are
sending you ten thousand infantry and three batteries of artillery. These are
picked troops, including the regulars. If you need cavalry, we can, perhaps,
send you five hundred. They are embarking at Alexandria to-day, and will all
reach you by Monday.
Yours truly,
Edwin M. Stanton.
Major-general Dix.
SOURCE: Morgan
Dix, Memoirs of John Adams Dix, Volume 2, p. 86
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