It is understood that the military protection and defense of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad east of Cumberland to the city of Baltimore, and of the railroad between Harper’s Ferry and Winchester, is especially assigned to the command of Major General Wool. Officers on the line of that road will accordingly report to him. The operations of the Winchester and Potomac railroad will remain under the direction of Maj. Gen. Banks, it being his line of supply.
Civilian & Telegraph, Cumberland, MD