Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898 to Nathaniel Prentiss Banks

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GLC#
GLC02330.01
Type
Letters
Date
23 April 1862
Author/Creator
Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898
Title
to Nathaniel Prentiss Banks
Place Written
Winchester, Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 21 cm, Width: 13.3 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

General Rosecrans transmits a telegraph to Banks, commander the Department of the Shenandoah. Discussing military matters, mentions Generals John Charles Frémont, Irvin McDowell, John Joseph Abercrombie, and George McClellan, and Edwin McMasters Stanton, Secretary of War: "...possibly Genl Fremonts apprehensions of losing his promised troops induced the Secretary of War to let things go. Nothing is done, except McDowell has Fredericksburgh, People capitulated- Bridge was burned- on information of Abercrombies movements. I wish we could combine to strike a blow while in Richmond troops watch McClellan." On United States Military Telegraph stationery.

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