Judah P. Benjamin to Major-General George B. Crittenden, December 8, 1861

RICHMOND, December 8, 1861.

Major-General CRITTENDEN, Knoxville:

The President desires that you return to Richmond and report to him without delay.

J.P. BENJAMIN,        

Secretary of War.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 7 (Serial No. 7), p. 745