HEADQUARTERS, June 16, 1861

Richmond, Va., June 16, 1861.

‘Col. J. B. MAGRUDER, Commanding, Yorktown, Va.:

CoLONEL: Your letter of the 14th, directed to General S. Cooper, chas been received. The result of your examination of the James River is different from the conelusion arrived at by the engineer and naval officers to whom that duty was assigned. They supposed that a battery at Day’s Point would not command the passage of James River, and therefore established it at Jamestown Island.

Respectfully, &c., Rk. E. LEE, General, Commanding.