Sunday, August 19, 2012

1862 Head Quarters of Lafayette McLaws

                        Head Quarters division
                                 [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 you [the?] Genl[?] this
evening if he you can spare time to see
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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