James L. Corley to Colonel Scort, July 11, 1861

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT N. W. 4.,
Camp at Laurel Hill, July 11, 1861.

Colonel Scort, : Commanding Regiment en route to Laurel Hill:

COLONEL: I am directed by General Garnett to furnish you with the inclosed sketch, ‘and to say that he wishes you to march all night, if necessary to attain the point b on the sketch, and to block up the path so far towards A as you can, and the road towards C. Ifthe enemy should have reached the point A, then block up as much as

By order of General Garnett:

Captain, C. S. A., Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
The inclosed sketch to which he refers was the diagram, a copy of which
is inserted above [p. 274]. Your honor cannot fully understand ths
order unless you read it in connection with the diagram. If you will twn
to it you will see I was not directed to blockade the Buckhannon turnpile,
leading from Colonel Pegram’s camp to Beverly, but that portion of he
county road I had been ordered to guard which extends from B toC,