CHAP.XII.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-CONFEDERATE.
off to Paducah a large amount of flour and wheat. To reconcile the owner to this act of robbery, those who seized his property arrested him and took him a prisoner to Paducah.
By order of Brigadier-General Pillow:
G. A. HENRY, Assistant Adjutant-General.
RICHMOND, November 1, 1861.
Brigadier General HUMPHREY MARSHALL, Richmond, Va.:
SIR: You will proceed to Prestonburg, Ky., and assume command of the troops at that place and its vicinity for the protection and defense of that frontier. You will report by letter to General A. S. Johnston at Bowling Green for such orders and instructions as he may have to communicate to you. You will consider yourself fully authorized to take into service such number of armed men as you may be enabled to raise, and cause them to be mustered in conformity ot the laws of the Confederate States, and organized into companies, battalion, or regiments, as in your judgment the necessities of the case may require.
The Fifty-fourth Regiment of Virginia Volunteers, at Christiansburg, under Colonel Trigg, has been ordered to proceed without delay to Prestonburg. As yet will overtake this regiment either at Christiansburg or on its march, you will attach it to your command, and likewise the battery of artillery under Captain Jefferson, now at Wytheville, giving to both such further instructions as your may deem proper.
Very respectfully, &c.,
S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General.
P. S. -Seven companies Virginia volunteers at Abingdon will also be placed at your disposal, as well as the three Virginia companies at Pound Gap, the whole to constitute a regiment, under Colonel Moore.
HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT,
Bowling Green. Ky., November 1, 1861.
Brigadier-General TILGHMAN, Commanding Hopkinsville:
GENERAL: General Johnston directs you to draw back your command to Clarksville. Let your movement be a well-guarded one. Send your sick and baggage to the rear first, and cover the movement with your effective force. Arrived at Clarksville, employ your men in making the defensive works which will have been planned by Major Gilmer. A battery of Artillery (Maury's) has been ordered to Clarksville for your. It is understood that a regiment of cavalry (Forrest's) is on the north side of the Cumberland and below. Ascertain if this be so; if so, apprise the colonel of the new position you have taken up, that he may not be attacked unawares.
Colonel Gregg's regiment of Texas troops ought to reach Clarksville to-day. This will be your authority to assume command of the regiment.
The value of the railway from Clarksville to this place is too well known to you to need explanation, but it must not lost sight of in the pressure of other business.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. W. MACKALL, Assistant Adjutant-General.
