[holly?] Hill
Aug 20th / 62
Major [Samuel W.] Melton
I sent my staff
officers early this wednesday
to select camps for my[?]
Command, as directed
by Genl Smith yesterday between
Mechanicsville & Meadow
Bridge roads. The Brigades
I suppose are now quite
in position excepting one yet
to arrive from below--I will
send an order for them
to be more consolidated
than the directives for their
camps contemplated--If the men
however could be allowed to
get on the cars from the road
side in the vicinity of their camps
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a great deal of marching
could be avoided
Respectfully
L m Laws
Maj Genl
Aug 20 '62
Official
Major Melton
Adj Genl
Genl Smith
Spottswood Hotel
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Head Quarters Division
Aug 20/62
4.20 M
Major Melton
adjGenl
Sir
I have just recd a
note from Genl Smith dated 2 PM
stating that it had been determined
to send my division, & that two
Brigades would be sent off the evening
at 3 PM
As I cannot start with the Brig-
ades I will do so by the first op-
portunity after this.
I had no idea of going
off until tomorrow & have made
no preperations--particularly-- being
busy all day in bringing up my division
papers to date
I will be in to see
evening if
me very truly
I am obd Serv
L m Laws
Maj Genl.
Lafayette McLaws, 1821-1897, attended the University of Virginia where he did not study penmanship
MSS 38-348
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