Summary:
Union signal officer W. W. Rowley forwards a telegram through Chambersburg to
General McClellan with information on the location of the Confederate army.
Maj. Gen. GEORGE B. McCLELLAN,
Sharpsburg, Md.:
FAIRVIEW, MD.,
Via Chambersburg, Pa.,
September 28, 1862
The enemy has fallen back from Martinsburg, toward Winchester, about 10 miles. Their camp is near Bunker Hill and Darkesville.
W. W. ROWLEY,
Lieut. and Acting Signal Officer.
Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 19, Serial No. 28, Pages 364, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.