Monocacy, 9.15 P. M., October 17, 1859.
L. M. Cole,
Baltimore. Arrived here 8.10, moving cautiously with sixteen cars. Col. Lee, U. S. Commander-in-Chief, was brought to Relay in extra train. You must arrange to send him in a special car to Monocacy.
Nothing now on this part of road. Hill Engine, 122, I ordered back from Gaithers' to Plane No. 4, to remain all night or till wanted. Lee will outrank all officers in command, and Mayor Russell and Gen. Egerton think his presence highly important.
W. P. SMITH.
SOURCE: B. H. Richardson, Annapolis, Maryland, Publisher, Correspondence Relating to the Insurrection at Harper's Ferry, 17th October, 1859, p. 16
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