CAMP NEAR ALEXANDRIA,
August 30, 1862 – 2.10 p.m.
I know nothing of the calibers of Pope's artillery. All I
can do is to direct my ordnance officer to lead up all the wagons sent to him.
I have already sent all my headquarters wagons. You will have to see that
wagons are sent from Washington. I can do nothing more than give the order that
every available wagon in Alexandria shall be loaded at once.
The order to the brigade of Sumner that I directed to remain
near Chain Bridge and Tennallytown should go from your headquarters to save
time. I understand you to intend it also to move. I have no sharpshooters
except the guard around my camp I have sent off every man but those, and will
now send them with the train as you direct. I will also scud my only remaining
squadron of cavalry with General Sumner. I can do no more. You now have every
man of the Army of the Potomac who is within my reach.
GEO. B. McCLELLAN,
Major-General.
Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
11, Part 1 (Serial No. 12), p. 101
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