Summary:
General Robert E. Lee, commanding forces in western Virginia in September, 1861, writes Adjutant General Samuel Cooper to inform him that supplies for the army at Staunton are exhausted, and more should be sent.

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Gen. S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector Gen., Richmond, Va.:

HDQRS. VALLEY MOUNTAIN,

September 10, 1861.

GEN.:

It has been reported to me that the supplies of provisions for the Army of the Northwest are being exhausted at the depots at Staunton and Millborough, and that no notice has been received of a further supply being ordered from Richmond. I request that directions be given for full supplies to be delivered at those points as soon as possible, if it has not already been done.

I have the honor to by, your obedient servant,

R. E. LEE,
Gen., Cmdg.

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