Summary:
Brigadier General W. W. Loring attests to Staunton's importance as a base of
supply in this July 1861 letter.
Col. GEORGE DEAS, Adjutant-Gen., &c.:
Huntersville, Va.,
July 30, 1861.
COLONEL:
Upon reaching here I find the country is very scarce of supplies, and that it will be necessary for us to rely mostly upon Staunton and Richmond. Since I reached the command I have put the quartermaster's department and commissariat in such order as it was possible to do. Gen. Jackson informs me that he has made frequent and urgent requisitions for supplies, and that his requisitions are scarcely filled from day to day. In order to place the thing beyond doubt and insure a sufficiency, I have renewed the requisitions, and have written to the different agents, sending one of my aides to see in person that the supplies are forwarded from Richmond and Staunton. I respectfully request that orders may be issued at the earliest possible moment for them to be forwarded. I am satisfied, if we can be furnished in a few days, that a successful movement can be made.
Respectfully, I have the honor to be, your obedient servant,
W. W. LORING,
Brig.-Gen., Commanding, &c.
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 1009, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.
