Summary:
Confederate Adjutant General Samuel Cooper writes General Joseph E. Johnston that he can expect troops to arrive from Staunton in November, 1861.

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Gen. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON,
Cmdg. Department of Northern Virginia, Centreville, Va.:

RICHMOND,

November 7, 1861.

SIR:

Your letter of the 4th instant has been submitted to the Secretary of War, and I am instructed to inform you that the number of troops to be sent to Staunton, Va., under instructions to Brig.-Gen. Loring, of the 5th inst. (copy herewith), is estimated at between 6,000 and 7,000 effective men. It is designed by the Secretary of war that this force be sent to your command on its arrival at Staunton, and orders to that effect will be given, unless some unforeseen event should required its presence in a different quarter.

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