Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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Page 234

To Dixon S. Miles1Jump to section

Col. Miles, Washington, D.C.,
Harper's Ferry, Va May 24, 1862. [1.30 P.M.]

Could you not send scouts from Winchester, who would tell whether enemy are North of Banks, moving on Winchester? What is the latest you have? A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, RPB. Colonel Miles, commanding the Railroad Brigade, replied at 2 P.M., ``Early this morning directed Colonel [George L.] Beal, Tenth Maine, to withdraw First Maryland Cavalry from the road to Romney and place them on the Middletown turnpike. The telegraph has been working to-day to Winchester. For the last two hours, for some reason, it has ceased to do so.'' (OR, I, XII, III, 225).

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