Stanley, David Sloane, 1828-1902 to David Ray

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GLC#
GLC02463.21-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
circa 20 March 1863
Author/Creator
Stanley, David Sloane, 1828-1902
Title
to David Ray
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Year previously inferred from content. Stanley, Chief of Cavalry in the Army of the Cumberland, writes to Colonel D. M. Ray, commander of a cavalry brigade (possibly Daniel Mack Ray). Instructs Ray to send half of his command to Salem (Virginia) at daylight the following morning to report to General Jefferson Columbus Davis. Remarks, "Rebel Cavalry in considerable force is reported at that place- Keep up your patrols on the Middleton Pike." Written on Headquarters, Department of the Cumberland stationery.

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