Friday, April 1, 2022

William Preston Smith to John Donohoo or A. P. Shutt, November 20, 1859—2:05 p.m.

Baltimore, Nov, 20, 1859.-2.05 P. M.
To John Donohoo, or
        A. P. Shutt
, Harper's Ferry:

Train left Washington Junction at 12.50 with Gov. Wise and 400 troops. Have yard Engine fixed up and men ready to take train to Charlestown. Our other engines are too heavy to run on Winchester road.

Report fully to me of their arrival and departure, and any other matters of interest.

W. P. SMITH.

SOURCE: B. H. Richardson, Annapolis, Maryland, Publisher, Correspondence Relating to the Insurrection at Harper's Ferry, 17th October, 1859, p. 43

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