Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Major-General Alfred Pleasonton to Major-General William H. French, July 5, 1863 – Received 11 a.m.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, July 5, 1863.   
(Received 11 a.m.)
Major-General FRENCH:

GENERAL: Major-General Meade desires me to say that, in consequence of a large body of the enemy being concentrated in the road toward Hagerstown, beyond Fairfield, he has suspended his operations for the present. Indications go to show that he intends evacuating the Cumberland Valley, but it is not yet positively ascertained. Until so ascertained, the general does not feel justified in leaving here and moving down toward you.

I am, general, yours, &c.,
A. PLEASONTON,  
Major-general.

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. 534

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