CHAP.XIII.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-CONFEDERATE.

battery, at Yourtown, and Sergeant Crane and Hobson, of Randolph's battalion of howitzers, be commissioned and sent here. With great respect,

D. H. H.

HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE VOLUNTEERS, Entrenched Camp, October 2, 1861.

Major General B. HUGER, Commanding Department of Norfolk, Va.:

GENERAL: Yesterday I made a more minute reconnaissance of the country in the immediate vicinity of Sewell's Point, and determined upon advantageous locations for all the several forces at present designed for the support of that position, and at once gave directions for the immediate concentration of the Second North Carolina and Forty-first Virginia Regiments upon the ground respectively prescribed for these two commands. The remaining five companies of the North Carolina regiment at Ward's farm were moved forward to-day and the Forty-first will be accordingly transferred to-morrow. I would now respectfully request that, in view of your previous conclusions with reference to the command of this position, the batteries, fort, and forces thereof be transferred by your order to the immediately jurisdiction of the brigade, in order that I may, by proper directions, place the same under the command of Colonel Chambliss. I would also respectfully urge that tone, and if possible two, of the artillery batteries may be at once located with reference to the defense of the position, and in like manner be made subject to the authority of the brigade. I shall visit Sewell's Point to-morrow, in company with the governor of Virginia, and will see you on Tuesday or Wednesday.

I am, general, your most obedient servant,

WILLIAM MAHONE, Colonel, Commanding Second Brigade.

DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, Yorktown, Va., October 2, 1861.

Colonel HUNT, Commanding Post at Williamsburg, Va.:

SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication in relation to the affairs of your post. I am aware of its wants in defensive means and its incompleteness of preparation, and I left orders with the engineers and other officers of the general staff; but I thank you for your suggestions, which I approve. You will cause the three 42-pounder carronades to be mounted as soon as the engineers can provide platforms. These, and such other guns as may be left behind by the artillery officers ordered to the front, you will station for the present in the redoubts (from Tutter's Neck to Fort Magruder, inclusive), in such manner as you think proper, after consultation with the senior engineer, Lieutenant Boswell. You will cause the ammunition and the necessary means for serving these guns in action to be ready for use, remembering that you cannot be attacked until the enemy's fleet shall have passed three strong batteries, 15 or 20 miles below you.

As soon, however, as you dear of an attack below on the forts, you will march the Zouaves without delay to Spratley's farm, to assist the Louisianians in defending that place. At the same time you will man