Camp Number 6, Giles Court-house,
May 9, 1862, 10:30 (P.
M.)
Sir: — You
will have to hurry forward reinforcements rapidly — as rapidly as possible — to
prevent trouble here. This is not a defensible point without artillery against
artillery. No news of a movement by the enemy but one may be expected soon.
Shall we return to the Narrows if you can't reinforce?
Respectfully,
R. B. Hayes,
Lieutenant-colonel 23D Regiment O. V. I.,
Commanding.
P. S. — A party the other side of the river is firing on our
men collecting forage and provisions.
Colonel E. P. Scammon,
Princeton.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 261-2
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