Summary:
General Samuel R. Anderson reports to Confederate War Secretary Leroy P. Walker
on regiments sent to Staunton in July, 1861.
Hon. L. P. WALKER:
LYNCHBURG,
July 28, 1861.
There have been ordered by your instructions to Lynchburg five regiments, there of whom have been forwarded to and are now at Staunton, commanded by Col. Hatton, Col. Forbes, and Col. Maney. These are the three first advanced. The other two are commanded by Col. Fulton and Col. Savage. Part of Fulton's command has already reached Lynchburg, and the remainder, with Savage's regiment, will probably reach here to-day or to-night. At Haynesville and Bristol, East, Tennessee, there are three regiments, commanded by Col. Battle, Col. Newman, and Col. Rains, ordered there from Middle Tennessee. Your order yesterday evening was to forward the two additional regiments expected here to Staunton. Under your telegram to-day I have to ask whether I shall order these regiments (Fulton's and Savage's) to remain here, go to Staunton, or to return to Bristol. I proceed to Bristol this evening. Answer to my acting aide, Col. G. P. Smith, at this point.
S. R. ANDERSON,
Brig.-Gen.
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 1005, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.
