A&M 2965Confederate Army of the Northwest, Letter Book, 1861-1862 A&M 2965Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-09-10 07:02:06 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Confederate Army of the Northwest, Letter Book A&M 2965 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/1093 0.19 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/4 in. (1 folder, 1/2 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.) 1861-1862 An 82 page manuscript order and letter book (29 July 1861-13 February 1862, Virginia) of the Confederate States Army of the Northwest detailing with the operations of the Cheat or Valley Mountain campaign of 10-15 September 1861 and the "Romney Campaign" of 9 January-5 February 1862, both unsuccessful efforts to dislodge Federal forces from the upper Potomac region and the earliest confrontation between Rosecrans, Jackson and Lee. This letter book gives some idea of the indefinite chain of command in the early Confederate Army and also portrays its efforts to institutionalize itself in the orders and regulations recorded. Included are copies of 3 ADS, 35 DS, and 8 ALS by the Confederate General, C.L. Stevenson, the Adjutant General of the Army of the Northwest, commanded by General W.W. Loring. Noteworthy are the letters written during the Romney Campaign in January 1862 which indicate the suspicions of W.W. Loring and C.L. Stevenson as to their deployment by T.J. Jackson. Reports name Confederate spies who reported on concentrations of Federal troops, at Cumberland and the building pontoons there for the crossing the Potomac. Also noteworthy is a 11 October 1861 letter from Loring praising the forces under his command at Cheat Mountain for their victory in an engagement, which indicates the friction between W.W. Loring and R.E. Lee, who had earlier failed to hold the same mountain from a major Federal assault. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English . Conditions Governing Access

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 Cumberland (Md.) Moorefield (W. Va.) Potomac River Basin. Potomac River Valley Romney (W. Va.) Cheat Mountain Campaign Civil War -- Cheat Mountain Campaign Civil War -- Confederate Army United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States Army of the Northwest. Rivers and river valleys. Romney, WV - Civil War. Jackson, H.R. Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 Loring, William Wing, 1818-1886 McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 Stevenson, C. L. (Carter Littlepage), 1817-1888