Jno. Withers to His Excellency President DAVIS, December 10, 1862

SPECIAL O ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE,

December 10, 1862.

E No. 289. Richmond, December 10, 1862. , On review of the communication of Brig. Gen. G. J. Pillow, con- . Strued as a tender of his resignation and acted on by its acceptance, but not, as General Pillow contends, so intended or correctly interpreted, the order accepting his resignation is revoked, and he will be regarded as having never surrendered his commission. He will report to General Joseph E. Johnston for duty.

By command of Secretary of War:

Assistant Adjutant-General.

Brigadier-General PILLOW, Richmond.

MARIETTA, GA., October 1, 1863. .

His Excellency President DAVIS:

^ Sir: In addressing you this unofficial letter, calling your attention

to a matter of personal interest to myself, I simply appeal to your sense

of justiee, as the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, in the only way I