Summary:
S. H. Letcher writes from Staunton to the Governor of Virginia in October, 1861, to notify him that the movement of a regiment will be impossible.

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Governor LETCHER,
Richmond:

STAUNTON, VA.,

October 9, 1861.

We have received this morning an order from Gen. Jackson directing the regiment Fifty--eight Virginia to go west at once. It is utterly impossible to comply with it. The reasons are communicated in a letter sent you by John Barclay today. It will be necessary to have the order countermanded by the War Department at once.

Answer.

S. H. LETCHER.

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