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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