Summary:
June, 1861, orders instructing Confederate General Robert S. Garnett to proceed to Staunton to take command of troops for the defense of northwest Virginia.

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SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 67. ADJT. AND INSPR. Gen.'s OFFICE,

Richmond,

June 8, 1861.

III. Brig. Gen. R.S. Garnett, Provisional Army, will proceed to Staunton, and assume command of the troops to operate in Northwestern Virginia.

By command of the Secretary of War:

JNO. WITHHERS,
Assistant Adjutant-Gen.

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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 915, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.