| General Orders No. 21 |
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| Headquarters Virginia Forces |
| Richmond, Va.
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| May 27, 1861 |
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| I. Officers in command of troops
traveling upon railroads or other public conveyances are required to
enforce strict discipline among their men. When the trains or
conveyances stop momentarily the men must be prevented from leaving
their places, unless necessary, and from going to public bar rooms,
where the limited time and their numbers are apt to produce
difficulties with the proprietors and citizens. They will be
strictly prohibited from riding on the platforms or tops of the
cars. |
| II. To prevent accidents detrimental to
the interest of the State, the telegraph operators on lines in Virginia
are urged to give preference over all other business at their
offices to messages concerning the movement of trains carrying
troops or munitions of war. |
| By command of Major-General Lee: |
| R. S. Garnett |
| Adjutant-General |
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