Summary:
Union General George B. McClellan writes ordnance chief James Ripley in September, 1862, to request that guns be sent through Hagerstown and Chambersburg for use at the battle of Antietam.

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HDQRS. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.

Brig.-Gen. RIPLEY,
Chief of Ordnance:

Via Hagerstown, Md.,

September 17, 1862. (Received 10 p. m.)

If you can possibly do it, force some 20-pounder Parrott ammunition through to-night, via Hagerstown and Chambersburg, to us, near Sharpsburg, Md.

GEO. B. McCLELLAN,
Maj.-Gen., Cmdg.

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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 51, Serial No. 107, Pages 842, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.