OR, Series 1, Vol. 9, Page 8A

Yorktown, March 6, 1862
  
General S. Cooper
Adjutant and Inspector General
 
   No answer has been received in reply to my telegram of to-day saying the troops will be ready to embark to-morrow at King's Mill. The horses will be sent by land from the south side, except a few for the officers. The rolling stock of the City Point {South Side RR} and {Norfolk &} Petersburg Railroad will be in place for the transportation of the troops to-day, awaiting the movement.
   Detention will be attended with a heavy expense and inconvenience perhaps to the road.
J. Bankhead Magruder
Major-General, Commanding

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