Order
Geo. L. Hartsuff, October 11, 1861
GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF WESTERN VA.,
October 11, 1861.
No. 1. Camp at Mountain Cove, Vaš, October 11, 1861.
I. In accordance with General Orders, No. 80, from the War Department [September 19], this department will hereafter be called the Department of Western Virginia, and will comprise so much of th State of Virginia as lies west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. .
By command of Brigadier-General Rosecrans: . 1 j
GEO. L. HARTSUFF,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE Potomac,
. Washington, October 12, 1861.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE Potomac,
. Washington, October 12, 1861.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, N. Virginia, W. Virginia, 1861–62.
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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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