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Rodes, Robert Emmett, 1829-1864 to Thomas Jordan

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02461.31 Author/Creator: Rodes, Robert Emmett, 1829-1864 Place Written: Virginia Type: Letter signed Date: 8 December 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 22.9 cm, Width: 18.6 cm Order a Copy

Written in Union Hills (possibly near Arlington, Virginia). General Rodes writes to Jordan, Assistant Adjutant General of the First Division, Army of the Potomac (Confederate). Reports that in the absence of General Earl Van Dorn, his brigade (3rd), has been moved to a ford on the Occoquan River. Has sent his Assistant Adjutant General, Captain Whiting, "to ask if my brigade must continue to picket the road from Union Mills to [Langsters?]." Suggests that if they are ordered to continue to picket, they should picket various roads which concentrate on Woodyards Ford. On verso, contains a unsigned note allowing Rodes's brigade to be relieved of picket duty. Approves of the other pickets Rodes suggests. Notes that Rodes's brigade must open a practical road from his new position to Blands Ford.

Rodes, Robert Emmett, 1829-1864
Jordan, Thomas, 1819-1895
Van Dorn, Earl, 1820-1863

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