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- GLC#
- GLC02850
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- September 14, 1861
- Author/Creator
- Ripley, James Wolfe, 1794-1870
- Title
- to Philip Kearny
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Ripley, Chief of the Ordnance Office, writes to General Kearny (Ripley spells "Kearney"). Reports that 95 Enfield rifles for the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd New Jersey Volunteers were transmitted to the Head Quarters of the Army of the Potomac and were returned with a letter from Col. R. B. Marcy, Chief of Staff (possibly Randolph Barnes Marcy). Marcy attests that his commanding general does not deem it advisable to issue the arms at this time.
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