Summary:
In this May, 1863, letter, Confederate Secretary of War James Seddon writes Colonel H. D. Davidson, commanding at Staunton. Seddon orders Davidson to take action against deserters hiding out in the mountains.

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Col. H. B. DAVIDSON,
Cmdg. Post, Staunton, Va.:

Richmond,

May 29, 1863.

Have you or can you summon any force to capture or disperse deserters said to be assembled in the mountains in Albemarle and Rockingham Counties? if not, ascertain and report numbers, and from what command they could best be approached.

J. A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

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