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Page 140 MD., E. N. C. PA., VA., EXCEPT S. W., & W. VA. Chapter LXIII.

RICHMOND, June 14, 1861.

Captain THOMAS G. WILLIAMS.

Lynchburg, Va.:

Regiments arriving at Lynchburg armed and equipped will be sent to Manassas Junction to report to General G. T. Beauregard. Regiments and companies that are unarmed will be reported by telegraph and detained at Lynchburg for orders.

S. COOPER.

Adjutant and Inspector General.

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SPECIAL ORDERS.
ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL'S OFFICE. Numbers 72.
Richmond, June 15, 1861.

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II. Lieutenant Colonel George Deas, assistant adjutant-general, will report for duty to General R. E. Lee, in this city.

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By command of the Secretary of War:

John WITHERS,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

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RICHMOND, June 15, 1861.

Governor J. E. BROWN,

Atlanta, Ga.:

The Ninth Regiment of Georgia Volunteers will proceed to Richmond, where it will be mustered into service.

L. P. WALKER.

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RICHMOND, June 15, 1861.

Lieutenant Colonel L. LAY,

Sixth Regiment Louisiana Volunteers, Lynchburg:

Your regiment will proceed to Manassas Junction and report to General Beauregard.

L. P. WALKER.

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PROCLAMATION.


HEADQUARTERS,
Yorktown, June 15, 1861.

In virtue of the authority of the Governor of the State, I hereby call into active service the entire militia force of the Sixty-eight and One hundred and fifteenth Regiments. The officers of these regiments and the men under their command will rendezvous at Yorktown by the 24th of this month, fully organized, and there report to the commanding officer of department. This order does not include officers and men now members of volunteer companies. The adjutants of these regiments will cause these orders to be distributed forthweith to their resepctive regiments.

J. BANKHEAD MAGRUDER,

Colonel, Commanding.

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