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Jones, David R., 1825-1863 to Milledge Luke Bonham

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02459.16 Author/Creator: Jones, David R., 1825-1863 Place Written: Manassas, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: June 9, 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 18.6 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Jones writes as an Assistant Adjutant General (possibly under Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard) at the Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction. Informs General Bonham, Commanding Forces at Fairfax County, "I am directed by the Brig Genl Comdg to acknowledge the receipt of [struck: date] Col Grigg's letter of this morning reporting that firing had been heard in the direction of Fairfax C. H. and to say, that he desires you to furnish him with the earliest reliable information in regard thereto; also, of any movements of the enemy. Should the latter advance in force beyond the H. C. the instructions already communicated will be followed."

Bonham, Milledge Luke, 1813-1890
Jones, David Rumph, 1825-1863
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893

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