Summary:
Union General Robert Patterson writes from Chambersburg to Assistant Adjutant E. D. Townsend in June, 1861, to inform him that his advance across the Potomac will be delayed.

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Col. E. D. TOWNSEND:

Chambersburg, Pa.,

June 14, 1861.

Your note of 13th received by Lieut. O. B. Cannot cross at time indicated. Will give notice in time to make diversion. See letter of 12th instant.

R. PATTERSON,
Maj.-Gen., Commanding.

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Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 2, Serial No. 2, Pages 683, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.