Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Adjutant-General Lorenzo Thomas to Major-General George B. McClellan, July 22, 1861

ADJUTANT-GENERAL OFFICE,
Washington, D.C., July 22, 1861.
General GEORGE B. McCLELLAN,  Beverly, Va.:

Circumstances make your presence here necessary. Charge Rosecrans or some other general with your present department and come hither without delay.

 L. THOMAS.
Adjutant-General.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 2 (Serial No. 2), p. 753

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