HEADQUARTERS VIRGINIA FORCES, May 5, 1861

Richmond, Va., May 5, 1861.

Maj. Gen. W. Gwynn, Commanding, &c., Norfolk, Va.:

Siz: Twenty-five thousand rounds of musket ammunition have been ordered to you, on your requisition for one hundred thousand. It is all that can be spared for the present. You have powder and lead, which is all we have here, and the general desires that you take immediate steps for preparing your own ammunition, as we are doing.

Lam, &c., R. S. GARNETT, Adjutant- General.