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Letter from John Daniel Imboden, Sherr Mountain, Head Quarters, N.W. Va. Brigade, to Capt. Joseph F. Harding and other officers, 31st Va. Regt. [Early's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, near Fredericksburg, Va.]. Imboden hopes to transfer the 31st Va. regiment to his brigade but is unable to do so until the pressure is off General Lee at Fredericksburg. He heard in Richmond that the friends of former Col. William L. Jackson in the Legislature urge his appointment to command the troops in the field from the North West. He favors it but would deplore any action of the War Department that would deprive him [WLJ] of the regiment [31st] and the 25th. He will place his [JFH] letter on file in the War Department as evidence of his desire to transfer to his [JDI] brigade. He mentions the possibility of a new brigade being formed of the 25th and 31st regiments. |
