To Milroy From Col AW Adams Sept 17 1863

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Private and  
Confidential 
 
	Camp of the 1st N.Y. Cavalry 
     Martinsburg, VA. September 17, 1863 
 
 
My dear General, 
		I did not arrive here  
until Sunday last, having been sick in  
Baltimore ten days.  On my arrival  
I received your letter dated 4th inst.  
and should have replied ere this, and  
forwarded, as requested, charges and spe- 
cifications against McReynolds, but im- 
mediately on my reporting at Headquarters,  
I was again placed in arrest on the old  
trumped-up charges, which were success- 
fully refuted before a Court of Inquiry call- 
ed by yourself, at Berryville, last spring. 
	A Court Martial has been convened  
to try me – called by Gen’l. Kelly, at the re- 
quest of Col. McReynolds, and the members  
of the court designated by Col. McReynolds  
& Lieut. Watkins – the horse thief, & partner of  
Capt. Oth – who is now acting as Adjutant  
General for McReynold.  The court is  
composed of three field officers & four captains.  Lieut.  
Col. Wildes, 116th Ohio, as President – Major  
Titus 12th PA. Cavalry, Major Harkins