S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General.
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GEN. COOPER TO GEN. LONGSTREET.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,}
Richmond, Va., April 29, 1863. }
Lieut. Gen Longstreet.
The following telegram just received since the one already communicated to you:
If any troops can be sent by rail to Gordonsville, under a good officer, I recommend it. Longstreet's Division, if available, had better come to me; and the troops for Gordonsville and the protection of the railroad, from Richmond and North Carolina if practicable. Gen. Howard, of the enemy's forces making toward Gordonsville....
The Secretary, in view of the above, directs the return of your command, or at least such portions of it as can be spared without serious risk; also any surplus force that can be spared from D. H. Hill.... These movements are required to be made with the utmost dispatch.
S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General.
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