DEPARTMENT OF WAR,
Washington, D. C.,
April 11, 1862 — 9.36 a.m.
Major-General
McDOWELL,
Comdg. Department of the Rappahannock, Hdqrs. Manassas:
SIR: For the
present and until further orders from this Department, you will consider the
national capital as especially under your protection, and make no movement
throwing your force out of position for the discharge of this primary duty.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
12, Part 3 (Serial No. 18), p. 66
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