Letter

Unknown, May 2, 1862

Author

Unknown

Date

May 2, 1862

Type

Letter

Camp at Valley Mills, Va, May 2, 1862.

COLONEL:

You being the senior officer present with your brigade, you will assume command of it, and will sign all requisitions, provision returns, &c., and will hand in consolidated morning reports of your brigade by 12 m. every day. You will also, as soon as possible, = a consolidated return of the brigade.

Vv espectfull our obedient servant ch gilli ; A. SMEAD.

Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.

This last was directed and sent to me the morning after I regained my regiment after a sick leave of absence. None of the foregoing orders were ever revoked by General Johnson. On the contrary, [ have a great number of others recognizing the two brigades. I will only insert one issued just before we commenced our march to McDowell :

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: Camp at Valley Mills, Va. Summary: Lieutenant-Colonel A. Smead orders the senior officer of a brigade in the Army of the Northwest to assume command, manage reports, and consolidate returns during the 1862 Virginia campaign.

Topics

1862 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 12, Part 1 View original source ↗