Summary:
Confederate Adjutant General Samuel Cooper writes General William Loring in November, 1861, to discuss arrangements and orders for troops at Staunton, VA.

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Gen. W. W. LORING,
Huntersville, Va.:

RICHMOND,

November 20, 1861.

The special order referred to by you was only intended to provide for regiments as they arrived at Staunton, and not to control your discretion in retaining such amount of force as in your judgment would be indispensable for your defense. If you have any regiments to spare from your line, they will on reaching Staunton be given their destination from here.

S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector-Gen.

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