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The Daily Dispatch: may 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], Doings at Wheeling. (search)
Hdqrs Virginia forces.Richmond. April 28, 1861. General Order No. 4. I. The General, or other officers commating the Virginia Forces at Richmond, Norfolk, Fredericksburg, Alexandria, and Harper's Ferry, and at such other points as they may hereafter be sent in separate command, are required to submit to this office returns of their respective commands once in ten days, commencing on the first day of each month. II. The attention of all officers of the Virginia Volunteers is called to the regulations concerning Military Correspondence, as laid down in the Army Regulations of the late United States. Edition of 1857. By command of Maj. Gen'l Lee ap 30--6tR. S. Garnett. Adj't Gen'l.
The Daily Dispatch: may 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], Army Appointments. (search)
Army Appointments. --The following Virginia gentlemen have been confirmed as officers in the Army of the Confederate States by the Congress. Nearly all are old and experienced army officers: Samuel Cooper, Brig. General; Wm. G. Gill, Captain; Fitzhugh, Lee, Robt.. F. Beckham, 1st Lieutenants; Geo. W. Edwin J. Harvie and Jno; Scott, Captains of Infantry; Surgeons in Navy, W. A. W. Spottswood and Wm. F. Carrington.
The Daily Dispatch: may 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], Gen. Harney's account of his arrest and subsequent Adventures in Virginia. (search)
ced, and no effort made to obtain my confidence. On Sunday evening we reached Richmond, and went at once to Gov. Letcher's house. The Governor was dining out, but was sent for immediately. He released me, stating that his orders had been misunderstood. I learned that the Harper's Ferry force had been directed to stop all armed bodies, and that the telegraph had announced me as coming at the head of fourteen hundred troops. I was treated with great attention at Richmond by Gov. Letcher, Col. Lee, Col. Johnson and others, whom I have long known, and was waited upon by a number of other prominent citizens. There seemed to be some curiosity to see me, and some belief that I intended to resign my commission in the United States Army. On this latter point they were deceived. At half-past 5 Monday morning I left for Alexandria, where I arrived in the afternoon. Gov. Letcher offered escort, which I refused. The people along the route seemed to have heard that I was coming, and at