1861 May 16 Manassas Junction

Col. Garland,
Dear Sir,
Understanding that my company
now forms a part of Co. Terretts command, I desire
to urge earnestly that the portion of my battery
now at Culpeper C.H. e ordered to rejoin me
at this place. I am induced to make
this request for the obvious reason that sepa-
rated as they are I have no means of
properly disciplining or instructing either those
with me or the detachment at Culpeper C.H.
My men at the latter place are, I learn,
anxious to rejoin me as their commander,
a feeling which you can appreciate.

Very resptly &c
D[elaware] Kemper
Capt. Artillery 2nd Regt.

Col. [Philip St. George] Cocke
Dear Sir
this note being handed to me by Capt. Kem-
per, should perhaps be forwarded to Col. Terrett
at Alexandria--but to save time, and being of
opinion that the guns are urgently needed here,
I take the liberty of enclosing it direct, with
the hope, that any military propriety violated
will be overlooked--

Most truly
Saml. Garland Jr.
Col. Commdg.

Delaware Kemper, a University of Virginia alumnus, rose to artillery colonel by March of 1863. Severely wounded at 2nd Bull Run he spent the remainder of the war in the Dept. of S.C., Ga., and Fla. under Beauregard.

Samuel Garland, a University of Virginia law alumnus was commissioned Colonel of the 11th Virginia Infantry and fought at First Manassas, Dranesville, and Williamsburg where he was severely wounded. Promoted brigadier in May of 1862, he commanded a brigade under D. H. Hill at Seven Pines, Seven Days and Second Manassas. Killed in action September 14, 1862, defending Fox's Gap in the Battle of South Mountain.