Unknown, August 14, 1861

No. 2: Knoxville, Tenn., August 14, 1861.

I am authorized to receive into the service of the Provisional Army of the Confederate States volunteer infantry companies, to be formed in Lee and Scott Counties, Virginia, for the term of twelve months or during the war, the companies to furnish their own rifles, and to be employed in guarding the mountain passes in and on the borders of said counties and the county of Wise, in Virginia, and in other duty within said counties. Captains of companies making tenders will address me at Knoxville, and will receive further instructions.

F. K. ZOLLICOFFEB, Brigadier-General, Commanding C. S. Army.