Summary:
Confederate Adjutant C. L. Stevenson writes from Staunton to Colonel Johnson in December, 1861, to direct operations in the Valley and western Virginia.

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Col. E. JOHNSON,
Cmdg. Forces on Monterey Line, Virginia:

Staunton, Va.,

December 17, 1861.

COL.:

Gen. Orders, No. 17, from these headquarters, as far as they are applicable to your command, are revoked. Instructions have been given to forward to you supplies, with those now on hand, sufficient for two months.

It is the intention to hold Alleghany Pass and the country in its vicinity, and you will please dispose of your command with a view thereto. Circumstances, however, may render it advisable to detach it for service with the forces now moving towards Winchester, and the general desires that you will keep it constantly and fully prepared for such an emergency.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant.

C. L. STEVENSON,
Adjutant-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 5, Serial No. 5, Pages 1001, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.