DISPATCH TO THE N.Y. HERALD - PENINSULA CAMPAIGNS

[CIVIL WAR LETTER] Autograph Letter Signed. NY Herald Office, Washington, DC. July 9, 1862. 1 pp. 5x8". F.G. CHAPMAN, a correspondent for the New York Herald. He writes to Fred R. Hudson with eyewitness news during the Peninsular Campaign: "I arrived here at 6 'o'clock last evening. Found Gen. Pope at Willards with a part of his staff. They will leave here for a day or two, for Warrrenton, Va. which will be his headquarters for a few days. The General was pleased with the idea of having me along with him in his Virginia campaign and will give me all the facilities for news .... The President has gone to McClellen's army and so has Gen. Banks. The Prest. Left here on Monday and Bank on Sunday ... F.G. Chapman." In Fine condition.