NEAR YEAGER’S, TOP OF MOUNTAIN,
July 13, 1861—10 a. m.
General GARNETT:
I shall effect a junction with Colonel Scott about 1 p. m. to-day. He has retreated to Greenbrier River at the foot of this mountain. The enemy can get in my rear by Huntersville and Monterey, and by Pendleton to Herron’s.
E. JOHNSON,
Colonel Georgia Regiment.
Written on note of W. C. Scott, of which we can read part, as follows: Please hasten on by forced marches or the enemy may be too hard for me single handed.
W. C. SCOTT,
Colonel of Forty-fourth Regiment Virginia Volunteers.
[Indorsed.]
Hand this to General Garnett.
W. W. FLEMING.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Series I, Vol. LI, Part II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1897.
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