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George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 6: battle of Winchester (continued)—Federal retreat across the Potomac to Williamsport. (search)
o report on Boston Common to-morrow, from thence to oppose with fiery zeal and courageous patriotism the march of the foe. This was dated the twenty-fifth of May, Sunday, 11 P. M. The next day the public was again excited by an appeal This appeal came out in the Boston daily Advertiser, of which C. F. Dunbar was then editor, on the 26th of May, 1862. As soon as it came to his notice, Banks, in a telegram to Dunbar, offered up Copeland as a propitiatory sacrifice, as follows :-- Williamsburg, Md., June 2, 1862. To Mr. C. F. Dunbar, Boston, Mass. Major Copeland should secure some position in the Massachusetts regiments of equal rank to that he now holds. It is not consistent that he should return to his post here after his proclamation in Boston. Please convey to him this information. N. P. Banks, A. A. C. See Statement of R. M. Copeland, p. 17. from Major R. Morris Copeland, Banks's adjutant-general, who happened to be in Boston during the fight. Copeland blamed