WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, July 5, 1863.
(Received 10.30 p.m.)
Brigadier-General KELLEY, Clarksburg:
I have seen your dispatch to the Adjutant-General, and regret
to hear you talk about "some days" to concentrate, when minutes are
precious. The instructions and information given by the General-in-Chief this
evening will show what an opportunity you have, by rapid and vigorous motion,
to inflict a heavy blow upon the enemy. It will be a matter of deep regret if,
by tardy movement, you let the chance escape. There should be no rest, night or
day. Why are you still at Clarksburg?
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 27,
Part 3 (Serial No. 45), p. 550
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