Summary:
Confederate Adjutant General Samuel Cooper writes General Joseph E. Johnston concerning the movement of troops to northern Virginia in November, 1861. Cooper mentions troops moving through Staunton to Manassas.

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

RICHMOND,

November 19, 1861.

SIR:

Your communications of the 14th, 15th, and 16th instant were duly received and submitted to the Secretary of War and to such department of the staff to which they related, with instructions. Your inquiries respecting unarmed regiments sent from this city to Manassas and Evansport have been answered by telegraph.

The regiments as they arrive at Staunton from Gen. Loring's command will be pushed forward to Manassas, but it is proper to state that by a letter received to-day from Gen. Loring it is apprehended that the force that quarter will be considerably reduced, as he remarks that his position immediately in front of the enemy cannot be weakened by the withdrawal of his troops at present.

I am, 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 963-964, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.