Letter
Unknown to P. St. GEORGE CocKkE, Oulpeper Court-House, Va, May 7, 1861
Richmond, Va.
Richmond, Va., May 7, 1861.
Col. P. St. GEORGE CocKkE, Oulpeper Court-House, Va. :
CoLONEL: The general commanding is in want of information from you as to the strength and organization of your command, and begs that you will supply him with it at the earliest moment. The return due on the Ist instant, by General Orders, No. 4, has not been received. The general desires particularly to know with what force you can take the field, provided any movement is made against you from Washington; how it would be composed, officered, and what service could be counted on from it.
Very respectfully, &e.,
R. 8. GARNETT,
Adjutant-General.
RicumonD, May 7, 1861.
To SECRETARY OF WAR:
Adjutant-General.
RicumonD, May 7, 1861.
To SECRETARY OF WAR:
Major Shivers received orders from Governor Letcher to-day to move
on Harper's Ferry with four companies of my regiment, five hundred.
men, Which arrived last night, and had made preparations to move tomorrow morning. I have just arrived with two hundred and twentysix men. Two companies yet behind. There are satisfactory reasons
for postponing this movement. I have countermanded the order, not
on Harper's Ferry with four companies of my regiment, five hundred.
men, Which arrived last night, and had made preparations to move tomorrow morning. I have just arrived with two hundred and twentysix men. Two companies yet behind. There are satisfactory reasons
for postponing this movement. I have countermanded the order, not
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: Richmond, Va..
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 2
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