Letter

Judah P. Benjamin to Henry A. Wise, September 20, 1861

WAR DEPARTMENT, C. S. A.,

Brig. Gen. HENRY A. WISE, Gauley River, via Lewisburg, Va. : = SIR: You are instructed to turn over all the troops heretofore immediately under your command to General Floyd, and report yourself in –

. Cua» XIV] ENGAGEMENT AT CARNIFIX FERRY, W. VA.

. person to the Adjutant-General in this city with the least delay. In . making the transfer to General Floyd you will include everything under – your command. :

By order of the President :

1 J. P. BENJAMIN,
Acting Secretary of War,
No. 16.
— Reports of Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise, C. S. Army, covering the operations
of his command from June to September 95.
Dogwoop GAP CAMP, VA, ,
: September 11, 1861—7 p. m.
— GENERAL: Disasters have come, and disasters are coming, which
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, N. Virginia, W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Richmond.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 5 View original source ↗