Summary:
R. Jones writes from Chambersburg to Union General-in-Chief Winfield Scott in April, 1861. He discusses his withdrawal from a town, probably Harpers Ferry, in the face of Confederate troops.

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Gen. WINFIELD SCOTT.

CHAMBERSBURG,

April 19, 1861.

Finding my position untenable, shortly after 10 o'clock last night I destroyed the arsenal, containing 15,000 stand of arms, and burned up the armory building proper, and under cover of the night withdrew my command almost in the presence of twenty-five hundred or three thousand troops. This was accomplished with but four casualties. I believe the destruction must have been complete. I will await orders at Carlisle.

R. JONES.

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Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 2, Serial No. 2, Pages 4, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.