HEADQUARTERS VIRGINIA FORCES, May 14, 1861

Richmond, Va., May 14, 1861.

Lieut. Col. E. K. Suir, Commanding Confederate States Troops, Lynchburg, Va.:

COLONEL: The commanding general instructs me to say to you that if there are any regiments of Confederate States troops now under your command in Lynchburg which are ready to take the field, he desires you to send them to this city, where they will find provision already prepared for them by Maj. W. L. Cabell, of the Quartermaster’s Department, C. 8. Army. If you have none fit for immediate service, you are instructed to forward them from time to time, by battalions or regiments, under their proper field officers, as soon as you can prepare — them for such service, but not to exceed in all three regiments. He requests to be duly notified as often as you send them forward.

Tam, &c. a Be R. S. GARNETT, Adjutant- General.

CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—CONFEDERATE. S41