HEADQUARTERS,
Winchester, Va., June 21, 1861.
General G. S. MEEM,
Comdg. Seventh Brigade, Third Division, Virginia Militia:
SIR: You will please organize a brigade of two regiments from the Third Division of the Virginia Militia. It is of great importance that these troops should be organized immediately, as their services may be needed here in a few days. Let each regiment, when formed, march without delay to Winchester.
Your obedient servant,
J. E. JOHNSTON,
Brigadier-General, C. S. Army.
P. S.—In the absence of the major-general, this order is given you direct.
J. E. J.
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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