Summary:
Confederate War Secretary Leroy Walker orders General Samuel R. Anderson to send
a regiment to Staunton in July, 1861.
Gen. S. R. ANDERSON, Lynchburg, Va.:
RICHMOND,
July 27, 1861.
Order the regiment to Lynchburg and thence to Staunton. You will receive orders controlling your personal movements.
L. P. WALKER.
Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 2, Serial No. 2, Pages 1002, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.