Chap.XII.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. - CONFEDERATE.

panies. We greatly hope you will immediately respond favorably to our call.

We are, dear sir, most respectfully, yours,

F. M. TURNER ET AL.

(Forwarded to Secretary of War same date.)

ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, Richmond, September 10, 1861.

General A. SIDNEY JOHNSTON, C. S. A., Richmond, Va.:

GENERAL: In transmitting you the inclosed paragraph of the special order of to-day, the Secretary of War instructs me to say that you have authority to call for troops from Arkansas, Tennessee, and such portion of Mississippi as may be within the limits of your command. You have also authority to receive into the service such troops as may be offered from the States of Missouri and Kentucky, and to call on the naval service for such assistance and material of war, including boats, as may be required for the defense of the Mississippi River.

I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General.

[Inclosure.]

SPECIAL ORDERS, ADJ'T AND INSP. GENERAL'S OFFICE, Numbers 149. Richmond, Va., September 10, 1861.

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14. General Albert Sidney Johnston, C. S. Army, is assigned to the command of Department Numbers 2, which will hereafter embrace the States of Tennessee and Arkansas and that part of the State of Mississippi west of the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern and Central Railroad; also, the military operations in Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, and the Indian country immediately west of Missouri and Arkansas. He will repair to Memphis, Tenn., and assume command, fixing his headquarters at such point as in his judgment will best secure the purposes of the command.

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By command of the Secretary of War:

JNO. WITHERS, Assistant Adjutant-General.

NASHVILLE, September 11, 1861.

General COOPER, Adjutant-General:

Please direct Kentucky or other officers to report to me as rapidly as they are disposable. They are necessary in giving rapid organization, which is necessary for the safety of Kentucky. No political necessity now exists for withholding a commission, if one is intended for me.

S. B. BUCKNER.

NASHVILLE, September 12, 1861.

HonorableL. P. WALKER:

Colonel Hill's regiment, ordered to Camp Boone, will move to-mor-