| Richmond, Va., April 7, 1864 |
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| General J. Longstreet, Bristol, Tenn.
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| General, |
| The President directs that you move with
that part of your corps proper now in the Department of East
Tennessee (that is, McLaws' and Field's divisions, and one battalion
of artillery, that lately commanded by Colonel Alexander) to
Charlottesville, Va. Arrived there, you will report to General R. E.
Lee. The infantry should first move by rail {on
the Virginia & Tennessee RR}. If the means of
transportation will permit, the artillery, its carriages, harness,
&c., will go in the same manner; otherwise, it will march.
Should the artillery go by rail, the artillery horses will be sent
the dirt road. Only such field transportation will be taken as is
allowed for a campaign in the Army of Northern Virginia. Please see
General Lee’s special orders, indorsed. The excess in the
Department of East Tennessee above that amount will be promptly put
in motion for the gap in the Piedmont Railroad, between Danville,
Va., and Greensborough, N. C. to assist in providing necessary
subsistence supplies for both your own corps and the troops who
remain with General Buckner in the Department of East Tennessee. |
| Very respectfully, general, your obedient servant, |
| S. Cooper |
| Adjutant and Inspector General |
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