Summary:
Confederate Major Nat Tyler writes from Staunton to Robert E. Lee in July, 1861,
to discuss troops under his command at Staunton.
Gen. R. E. LEE:
STAUNTON,
July 22, 1861.
I am here by order of Gen. Jackson with the remnant of six companies of the Twentieth Regiment--A, B, C, D, E, and F--with orders to report at general headquarters. I have with me Companies G and H, which are on parole. Shall I bring all the companies to Richmond? Answer by telegraph.
NAT. TYLER,
Maj., Cmdg.
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 192, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.