HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF
THE POTOMAC,
July 10, 1863
— 1 p.m.
(Received 3.10 p.m.)
Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief:
The information received to-day indicates that the enemy
occupy positions extending from the Potomac, near Falling Waters, through
Downsville to Funkstown, and to the northeast of Hagerstown, Ewell's corps
being to the northeast of Hagerstown, Longstreet at Funkstown, and A. P. Hill
on their right. These positions they are said to be intrenching. I am advancing
on a line perpendicular to the line from Hagerstown to Williamsport, and the
army will this evening occupy a position extending from the Boonsborough and
Hagerstown road, at a point 1 mile beyond Beaver Creek, to Bakersville, near
the Potomac. Our cavalry advanced this morning, drove in the enemy's cavalry on
the Boonsborough pike to within a mile of Funkstown, when the enemy displayed a
large force, and opened a fire from heavy guns, 20-pounders. I shall advance
cautiously on the same line to-morrow until I can develop more fully the
enemy's force and position, upon which my future operations will depend.
General Smith is still at Waynesborough. A dispatch was
received from him at that place this morning. Instructions similar to those of
yesterday were sent to him.
GEO. G. MEADE,
Major-General,
Commanding.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
27, Part 1 (Serial No. 43), p. 89
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