Letter
1 J. P. Benjamin to Henry A. Wise, September 20, 1861
Richmond, September 20, 1861.
Brig. Gen. HENRY A. WISE, Gauley River, via Lewisburg, Va. : = SIR: You are instructed to turn over all the troops heretofore immediately under your command to General Floyd, and report yourself in –
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. person to the Adjutant-General in this city with the least delay. In . making the transfer to General Floyd you will include everything under – your command. :
By order of the President :
Acting Secretary of War,
No. 16.
â Reports of Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise, C. S. Army, covering the operations
of his command from June to September 95.
Dogwoop GAP CAMP, VA, ,
: September 11, 1861â7 p. m.
â GENERAL: Disasters have come, and disasters are coming, which
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, N. Virginia, W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Richmond. Summary: J. P. Benjamin orders Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise to immediately transfer all troops under his command to General Floyd and report to the Adjutant-General in Richmond during the Civil War.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 5
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