HEADQUARTERS,
Centreville, November 22, 1861.
General COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General:
SIR: I have received Major-General Jackson's plan of operations† in his
district, for which he asks for re-enforcements. It seems to me that he
proposes more than can well be accomplished in that high, mountainous country
at this season. If the means of driving the enemy from Romney (preventing the
reconstruction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and incursions by marauders
into the counties of Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan) can be supplied to
General Jackson, and with them those objects accomplished, we shall have reason
to be satisfied, so far as the Valley District is concerned.
The wants of other portions of the frontier – Aquia
District, for in-stance – make it inexpedient, in my opinion, to transfer to
the Valley District so large a force as that asked for by Major-General
Jackson. It seems to me to be now of especial importance to strengthen
Major-General Holmes, near Aquia Creek. The force there is very small compared
with the importance of the position.
Your obedient
servant,
J. E. JOHNSTON,
General.
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SOURCES: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 5 (Serial
No. 5), p. 966-7
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