OR, Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 139

Harper's Ferry
June 14, 1861
(Via Manassas)
 
President Jefferson Davis
 
   Your dispatch was received last night. Two regiments, under Colonel Hill, have already left for Winchester. The command is prepared to follow, but has been detained from the want of motive power on the railroad {Winchester & Potomac RR}. I have burnt the Potomac bridge.
J. E. Johnston
General

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