Joseph F. Mansfield to Simon Cameron, July 22, 1861

Hon. S. CAMERON: Str: There are about seven thousand men here without officers. Nothing but confusion. Please tell me what I shall do with my regiment. J. E. KERRIGAN, Colonel Twenty-fifth New York Volunteers. Monpay, July 22, 1861—a. m. General RuNyON, Alexandria, Va. : Consult engineers, and strengthen the garrisons of Forts Ellsworth, Runyon, and Albany. Similar instructions are given* in respect to Fort Corcoran. Some regiments besides the garrisons will be halted on that side of the river; the number to be determined by General Mansfield or General McDowell, when the troops arrive from the interior. JULY 22, 1861. Captain Mort, Chain Bridge : Send out a man to Richardson and require him to march in in order. We may want rations. * To Col. Andrew Porter. 48 R R—VOL I: General Runyon, Alexandria : Why do the regiments I sent to you yesterday return so precipitately. to Alexandria without a shot ? Stop this stampede. MANSFIELD, Brigadier-General. JULY 22, 1861. General Runyon, Alexandria: Put an officer in charge and sentinels at the wharf, and forbid the volunteers leaving the city. pete are two hundred pounds of boiled pork in the commissary there.

MANSFIELD,