Summary:
Confederate Adjutant General Samuel Cooper orders the commanding officer at Staunton, VA, to send all available troops to Gordonsville to meet Union General Joseph Hooker's advance prior to the battle of Chancellorsville.

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Cmdg. Officer at Staunton, Va.:

RICHMOND, VA.,

April 29, 1863.

Send all your disposable force immediately to Gordonsville, to repel an attack of the enemy on that place. Send all the troops by railroad, and, if necessary, order a special train.

S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector 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 25, Serial No. 40, Pages 760, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.