Summary:
Confederate Adjutant General Samuel Cooper writes General William Loring in November, 1861, with orders to move troops to Staunton and other towns.

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

RICHMOND,

November 5, 1861.

GEN.:

You will send, with the least delay practicable, Brig.-Gen. Donelson with Col.'s Savage's and Fulton's regiments, Tennessee volunteers, to re-enforce Gen. Floyd; and after retaining the 4,500 men for the defense of the Monterey and Huntersville lines, reported by you as necessary to guard the passes, you will send the remainder of the troops of your command to Staunton, there to await orders.

Gen. Donelson's brigade will march to Lewisburg, and thence join Gen. Floyd by the best route.

Very respectfully, &c.,

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 5, Serial No. 5, Pages 938, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.