HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
April 26, 1862.
To Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War.
Early this morning an advance lunette of the rebels this side of Warwick, was carried by assault, by Co. H, 1st Massachusetts Regiment. the work had a ditch six feet with a strong parapet manned by two companies of infantry, but no artillery. The rebels broke and ran. Our loss is three killed, one mortally and twelve otherwise wounded. We took 14 prisoners, destroyed the work, and retired, in spite of the rain. Our work progresses well.
(Signed) GEO. B. McCLELLAN.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, April 29, 1862, p. 1
April 26, 1862.
To Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War.
Early this morning an advance lunette of the rebels this side of Warwick, was carried by assault, by Co. H, 1st Massachusetts Regiment. the work had a ditch six feet with a strong parapet manned by two companies of infantry, but no artillery. The rebels broke and ran. Our loss is three killed, one mortally and twelve otherwise wounded. We took 14 prisoners, destroyed the work, and retired, in spite of the rain. Our work progresses well.
(Signed) GEO. B. McCLELLAN.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, April 29, 1862, p. 1
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