Letter

A. 8. Pendleton to Oammp Near New Market, Va, April 7, 1862

April 7, 1862.

April 7, 1862. Colonel Grigsby will please state how many men were in the engagement of March 23.

By order of Major-General Jackson:

A. 8. PENDLETON,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
OamMP NEAR NEW MARKET, VA.,
April 7, 1862.
There was in my (Twenty-seventh) regiment when drawn up in Barton’s woods 170 guns, all told.

Tneut. Ool., Oomdg. Twenty-seventh Regiment Virginia Vols.
No. 32.

Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Major-General Jackson's headquarters requests Colonel Grigsby to report the number of men engaged on March 23, to which Grigsby replies that 170 men were present in the Twenty-seventh Virginia Regiment.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 12, Part 1 View original source ↗