Edwin M. Stanton to Major-General John A. Dix, May 24, 1862 – 6:50 a.m.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

May 24, 1862 — 6.50.

Major-General DIX:

Please send all the force you can spare, to re-enforce Banks, speedily as possible.

EDWIN M. STANTON.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 12, Part 3 (Serial No. 18), p. 222