John W. Geary to Rosecrans, U. S. A, September 25, 1861

General ROSECRANS, U. S. A., Cross-Lanes, Va.: No blow has been struck at you. That phrase objectionable.+ Draw re-enforcements and supplies as before. According to your means, clear as much of Western Virginia of the enemy as practicable. No precise A ne * Not found. +The dispatch thus answered not. found, . the Potomac flotilla, and such light duty as he could do, as judge-advocate, and while suffering from his wound. Your staff—McLean, Burns, Dickerson, and Dr. Wright—are not to be taken from your orders. ; CAMP TYNDALE, POINT OF ROCKS, September 28, 1861. General CHARLES P. STONE, Commanding Corps of Observation: DEAR GENERAL: I have reliable information, and such as should be believed, that there are about 27,000 men in the neighborhood of Leesburg, General Johnston commanding in person. Their intention is to attack my lines in several places and to make a crossing in the neigh- _ borhood of Noland’s Ferry, or at Mason’s Island, about one mile and a half above that point. My informant is Mr. Buxton, who is now here, and left Leesburg this morning. Now, if all this be true, it behooves us to be up and doing. With. some more troops and a couple more pieces of artillery I feel very confident I can make a successful resistance. I hope therefore, that you will lend me your aid when the trying hour comes, for, without counting numbers, I will stoutly resist. – Yours, truly, :

JNO. W. GEARY,