WASHINGTON, D.C.,
August 29, 1862 – 3
p.m.
Major-General MCCLELLAN, Alexandria, Va.:
Your proposed disposition of Sumner's corps seems to me
judicious. Of course I have no time to examine into details. The present danger
is a raid upon Washington in the nighttime. Dispose of all troops as you deem
best. I want Franklin's corps to go far enough to find out something about the
enemy. Perhaps he may get such information at Annandale as to prevent his going
farther; otherwise he will push on toward Fairfax. Try to get something from
direction of Manassas, either by telegram or through Franklin's scouts. Our
people must move more actively and find out where the enemy is. I am tired of
guesses.
H. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
12, Part 3 (Serial No. 18), p. 722
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