... In the mean time his communication was conveyed to Gen. Longstreet, whose troops were encamped a short distance outside of the city. The following is the reply of the Mayor: Mayor's office, Fredericksburgh , November 21, 1862. Brevet Major-General E. V. Sumner, Commanding U. S.A. sir: I have received at twenty minutes before five o'clock this afternoon, your communication of this date, in which you ...