Summary:
November, 1864, Confederate Special Orders making Colonel Angus McDonald
commandant of the post at Staunton.
Richmond, Va.,
November 28, 1864.
XXVI. Brig. Gen. E. G. Lee, Provisional Army, C. S., is relieved from duty as commander of reserve forces of the Valley District, and a leave of absence for six months is granted Brig.-Geenral Lee for the benefit of his health.
XXVIII. Brig. Gen. R. D. Lilley, Provisional Army, C. S., is assigned to duty to the command of the reserve forces of the Valley District, lately serving under Brig. Gen. E. G. Lee.
XXIX. Col. Angus W. McDonald, Provisional Army, C. S., is assigned to duty as commandant of the post of Staunton, Va., and will report accordingly.
XXXIII. The corps of cadets under the command of Lieut.-Col. Shipp are relieved from duty in the defenses around Richmond, and will be turned over to the State authorities for the purpose of resuming their studies on December 1, 1864.
By command of the Secretary or War:
JNO. WITHERS,
Assistant Adjutant-Gen.
Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 43, Serial No. 91, Pages 926, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.
