Summary:
W. J. McNema reports on troop movements in western Virginia in July, 1861.

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THOMAS MOSLIN, Esq.:

LUNEY'S CREEK,

July 14, 1861.

DEAR SIR:

I herewith send a dispatch from Col. Johnson of the Northwest Army. The messenger states that they want all the troops that can be had. You will see from the dispatch that our men have been routed by the enemy. Gen. Garnett and Col. Heck are coming through the mountains by way of Tucker County and via Greenland here. They wish some troops sent to pilot them through the mountain. The Northern troops are making their way over the Staunton and Parkersburg road to Staunton. Eight thousand strong now at Huttonsville. Gen. Garnett wants to get through to Monterey with all the additional troops that can be had to stop them at Monterey.

Yours, &c.,

W. J. McNEMA.

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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 51, Serial No. 108, Pages 170, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.