Summary:
Confederate General Thomas Fauntleroy requests assignment to head a command at
Staunton or Winchester in August, 1861.
HDQRS. DIVISION VIRGINIA FORCES,
Gen. R. E. LEE:
Richmond,
August 17, 1861.
GEN.:
The command of Camp Lee having been taken from me, and the other camps most seriously interfered with, so as that it is evident that I am not recognized with the full rights of a commanding officer, I most respectfully desire that I may be relieved from the order placing me in command of the troops in and about Richmond and be directed to await orders either here or at Winchester or Staunton. The withdrawal of the troops at Camp Lee reduces the forces to a mere trifle, and I am sure I can do no good by remaining in charge. Col. Dimmock could with perfect ease command the other camps in addition to his present troops. I have made application for relief to Governor Letcher; but he says he has parted with the power, and the Confederate authorities have repudiated me altogether. I will thank you to let me have the order immediately.
With respect, your obedient servant,
TH. T. FAUNTLEROY,
Brig.-Gen., Provisional Army of Virginia, 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 239, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.
