Records Related to Franklin County Regiments



From: JOHN E. WOOL, Maj.-Gen.
October 10, 1862

Summary:
Union General John Wool notifies General McClellan of preparations to send troops to retake Chambersburg that fell to Confederate cavalry in October, 1862.


Maj. Gen. McCLELLAN, Knoxville, Md.:

BALTIMORE,

October 10, 1862

I have received a dispatch from Governor Curtin that the rebels are in force at Chambersburg. I will send several regiments from this city, and I will be at Harrisburg as soon as possible.

JOHN E. WOOL,
Maj.-Gen.


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 65, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.


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