OPERATIONS IN N. C. AND S. E. VA. [CHAP. XIII.

WAR DEPARTMENT, C. S. A., Richmond, September 12, 1861.

Governor CLARK, Raleigh, N. C.:

SIR: I have been urgently requested by gentlemen of high position to have ordered to Wilmington additional troops. I regret to say that the necessities of the public service absolutely forbid the transfer of any troops from Virginia at the present time. Under these circumstances I beg to urge upon your excellency the importance of organizing at least one regiment to be sent ont his special duty as soon as practicable. I trust that some means may be provided by which to arm it.

Very respectfully,

L. P. WLAKER, Secretary of War.

RICHMOND, VA., September 12, 1861.

General J. BANKHEAD MAGRUDER, Commanding, Yorktown:

GENERAL: Every effort is being made to send you the six heavy guns required and to re-enforce your command by four regiments, orders in each case having been given; the guns and troops to be sent with the least possible delay. In explanation of order removing Captain Brown from your command, circumstances imperatively requiring Captain Brown from your command, circumstances imperatively requiring his presence in North Carolina have come to the general's knowledge to-day. So soon as one can be obtained an artillery officer will be sent down to replace him.

I am, respectfully, &c.,

R. H. CHILTON, Assistant Adjutant-General.

RICHMOND, September 12, 1861.

S. D. WALLACE, Esq., Secretary of Committee of Safety, Wilmington, N. C.:

GENTLEMEN: In reply to your resolution of September 4, 1861, requesting the President to appoint a general to supervise operations on the coast of North Carolina, the President directs that you be informed that Joseph R. Anderson, esq., a graduate of West Point, and formerly an officer of the Engineer Corps, U. S. Army, more recently engaged extensively in the manufacture of ordnance and munitions of war, has been appointed a brigadier-general, and ordered on duty in North Carolina, with special reference to the coast defenses.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

R. H. CHILTON, Assistant Adjutant-General.

GOLDSBOROUGH, September 13, 1861.

General S. COOPER, Adjutant-General:

Governor Clark is urgent in his demand to have troops sent into Hyde County to counteract evil influences said to have extended from Hatteras to the main-land. I have no troops to spare unless I withdraw one of the regiments from the vicinity of Fort Macon, and am unwilling to do it without the sanction of the War Department, as from report that fort is threatened with siege or bombardment. The only regiment